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Selfie-seeking tourist attacked by croc after mistaking it for a statue

On April 28, a 29-year-old tourist was attacked by a 15-foot female crocodile named Lalay while visiting a zoo located in Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
The man mistook the crocodile for a plastic statue, climbed over the enclosure fence, and entered the pen to take a selfie, prompting Lalay to attack him.
During the attack, Lalay bit the man's arm and thigh and performed several brutal death rolls, holding him inside the enclosure for up to 30 minutes until her handler intervened.
Medical staff wrapped the man's wounds to stop bleeding, and he received over 50 stitches after being rushed to a hospital, with police describing his survival as very lucky.
Police and zoo officials condemned the dangerous behavior of entering animal enclosures, warning it endangered lives and stressed nobody should breach such enclosures.

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