A zookeeper miraculously dodged death after a 16-foot crocodile launched an attack on him in front of horrified tourists.

Crocodile handler Sean Le Clus was ferociously attacked while sitting on the back of the 660kg beast before a second one also targeted him.

The 68-year-old endured a terrifying bite from the female crocodile name July, followed by a Nile crocodile called Hannibal at the Crocodile Creek farm in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa.

The handler, who has cared for Hannibal for more than 30 years, had to wriggle and push himself out of the beast's five-inch long teeth, which sank into his thigh.

After twisting his body away, the croc hurled him onto the floor of the enclosure before he escaped on all fours on September 10.

Sean had just fed the female crocodile a chicken to keep her placated while he performed his “party trick” of sitting on Hannibal’s back for the crowd.

He calls the giant carnivore a “good boy” as he pats him just behind the head but does not notice the female called July suddenly arrowing towards him.

At the last moment, he pulls his leg out of the jaws of the female’s mouth and fends it off with a stick as he dismounts the huge male for safety.

But having taken his attention off Hannibal, the 103 stone predator sees his chance and whips his head round with its jaws wide open.

Sean, who has been bitten before by another crocodile and suffered a leg wound that left him limping for 11 months, leapt in a panic backwards.

He has said previously: ”If a croc gets a grip on you it is game over”.

Dozens of tourists screamed out in shock during the potentially lethal attack at the Crocodile Creek tourist attraction in South Africa.


The popular reptile park on the Utongati River flood plain just north of Durban is home to 6000 crocodiles and alligators and snakes.

A Crocodile Creek spokesman told The South African newspaper: “Sean had two big teeth holes in him but sewed them up himself and was back at work in 20 minutes.

"It was the first time Hannibal has bitten a handler and it happened because the female moved in on him and she can be very stroppy.

“Sean was watching the female and Hannibal just reminded him that he was there – if it was a proper bite then it would have been very bad.

Dreal1247:
No amount of money can motivate me to work in this kind of dangerous and unfriendly environment.

NastiLord:
I love crocodile meat. Please how can i apply for a job there?

TheFacelessMan:


I once had a near-death experience with a man-eating crocodile.

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I was on honeymoon with the love of my life.

We were on a canoe fishing in River Limpopo, off the coast of Mozambique.

Her name was Zubby, and she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen... she had a heart of pure gold

Unfortunately, she wasn't as smart as she was pretty.

I still can recall all the details clearly...

There she was smiling, her hand cutting a path in the brown dirty brown water....

She was still smiling as she touched a rather large tree branch floating on the water.

The bark of the "log" seemed rather rough and I saw the branch come to life a split second before i shouted ;

"ZUBBY!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The crocodile violently rammed our canoe and we rocked back and forth, almost capsizing.

She was trembling in my arms and I was thanking my lucky stars when I felt something wet beneath my feet

I looked down and I saw the nightmare of sailors world- wide : a leaking boat / ship .

The shore, 25 metres away and I knew we either had to wait for our death or risk swimming in the crocodile-infested waters

The water was fast rising, at our ankles when I made a decision, we had to abandon ship, so to speak.

" Follow my lead ", I said, as I dived into the murky brown water.

To be continued

Culled from "The Memoirs of The Faceless Man"

Dreal1247:
No amount of money can motivate me to work in this kind of dangerous and unfriendly environment.