| Follow-up. You wanted to see the pic, right? |
Chang was injecting the male Nile crocodile with anaesthetic in the zoo in the southern city of Kaohsiung on Wednesday when it turned on him, tearing off the forearm and holding it in its mouth. Nile crocodiles are one of three species found in Africa and are known as man-eaters with the ability and power to snatch and devour a human. The animal only let go when a police officer fired two bullets into it, zoo officials said, in dramatic scenes caught on television.
Chang was rushed to hospital where the limb, recovered from the crocodile, was delivered about 80 minutes after the accident to the operating theatre. After the surgery he was seen on television smiling and waving to reporters with his healthy arm from his hospital bed, where he also reportedly tried to comfort his panic-stricken mother. His girlfriend wept through the operation, television reported, which said friends were worried how soon Chang would be able resume his hobby of playing the piano.
| Must resist old doctor joke here. |