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DoodlebearsPolice in Taiwan were forced to shoot a crocodile after it bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official said on Wednesday.
Dramatic television footage showed a police officer firing on the animal to wrest the severed limb from its jaws.
Chang Po-yu, 38, from the southern Kaohsiung city's Shou Shan Zoo, was injecting the sick crocodile with anaesthetic when it attacked him.
I just hope the poor guy does better than the crock did.
Hugs Jane. 
SanguineCreationsshock! The poor vet, I guess that's his career over. I can't believe he was allowed to inject the croc, without the croc's jaws being taped shut and the croc pinned down! How completly tragic.
Pumpkin & Pickle BearsIt almost doesn't look real - other than having been ripped off, the arm looks relatively undamaged.
Strange BearsI believe they have reattached the arm and the croc is OK.....it wad tranqued..........or that was what was said on the news in Australia.
Pumpkin & Pickle BearsHere's the BBC news report on it.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p … 551185.stm
I admit that I was very bad and had a little chuckle when I read this bit..... 'After his operation, Mr Chang was seen on television waving and smiling to reporters from his hospital bed.' ......I wondered which arm he used! 
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Oooh Gemma Ha Ha Ha :crackup: :crackup:
Seriously though, it should never have happened!! It is shocking
Warm wishes
Pauline
Country BearsI thought that too Gemma!! 
And Jane, you know if you put 'don't look if.....' 'cos I've always got to then!! 
My curiosity gets the better of me!!
Poor chap, looks like they're both doing ok at the moment, which is amazing isn't it??!!
Dolls N DreamsI saw that! esp. after you said dont' look! 
Waggle BearsA quote from the link Gemma sent:
"It (the croc) probably was shocked, and opened its mouth to let go of the limb," zoo official Chen Po-tsun was quoted as saying.
Duh...the croc was shocked...what about that poor man...
Seems like they would have better procedures for sedating than sticking your arm through a fence to give the croc a tranquilizer.
Ewwwwie
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with his friends voicing concern about how soon he would be able to play the piano.
With friends like that, who needs enemies?? :crackup:
Actually, I'm relieved and amazed the surgeons were able to reatttach the limb for him ~ must've been some pretty good meds for him to be happily waving at the cameras :photo:
As for the proceedure...well, most people don't realize it, but even sedated the vets DO have to be careful. Various species react differently to the anesthetics, and if the animal is already sick, or scared, the adrenaline kicks in....and the sedatives don't work so well.
I have my fingers crossed this fellow does get to keep his arm and his career! Thankfully his sense of humor seems intact 
LuxembearsWOW! Is that for real!? That's a heck of a photo. I guess Tami won't be able to use it for "cute animal pic of the day". How about "shocking animal pic of the day"? That's amazing.... and very sad situation on both sides.
Storytime Bears Pumpkin & Pickle BearsHey let me give you a hand with that"
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Storytime BearsWasn't that so bad :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Ok here's another one
"What did the croc say, when the other crocs, asked him what man tasted like?"
His answer : "Chicken"
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Past Time BearsOh . . . . . . my . . . . . . goodness!!!!!
Pumpkin & Pickle BearsWasn't that so bad
Ok here's another one
what did the croc say when the other crocs asked him what man tasted like?
His answer : Chicken
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: Oh Jodi, don't get me started - I'm sitting here giggling like a 10 year old!!
What did they shoot at the crocodile for? The poor thing's armless!!!! I'm sorry, I'm very very bad.... :crackup:
Storytime BearsI aim to please!
I just feel really bad that the bad decisions of humans to not tape the crocs mouth, ended up getting the croc killed. And they call us the thinking animal, hmmm go figure
Waggle BearsJodi and Gemma...you two are just so bad...shame on you.... :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: OMG Jodi and Gemma I am sitting here nearly peeing myself laughing at your comments!! YOu two are soooo bad!! :crackup:
hugs,
Krista
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Jodi...how do you come up with this stuff?
Storytime Bears
YIKES!!! Well of course I looked Jane....you got my curiosity going with "don't look if you're easily shocked"! :crackup: Wow....what an awful thing to have happened. To both the vet and the croc. 
So sad they had to shoot the animal.......as was already said, the croc's jaws should have been taped first before anyone tried to treat him. Suppose that mistake will be made again? Somehow I bet it won't!! 
I am glad for the vet that the docs were able to reattach his arm. Very lucky man indeed.......
As for you two, Gemma and Jodi................. your're killing me here!!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Storytime BearsGemma too bad we couldn't get together over a drink, maybe it's good we can't I bet we would be kicked out for laughing too hard.
Ok here is the kind of humor I am always around , my son who is 20 and in college came home from work with a big bandage on his finger, I asked him if he cut it at work, he looks at me really weird and I go "What have you done?!"
he unwraps the bandage and this is what he shows me
OMGosh he got a mustache tatoo on his finger, I almost faint and ask , when did you do it? , his exact words were "I did it during break" my response "What, was the vending machine out of Doritos?!!!!!!!" It is on his shaking hand and everytime he eats with us I see it. He is such a great kid , never in his 20 years did he drink or do anything illegal and he graduated 7th in him class, so I have a hard time getting too upset, I raised him to find humor in life so what could I expect. The only good thing iis he is the head writer for a comedy show on campus and that is the career he is pursuing, good thing, because my dream of him being president one day quickly disappeared that day. :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
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