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- Title
A report of a probable unprovoked attack by an Australian freshwater crocodile at Lake Argyle in Western Australia.
- Authors
Somaweera, Ruchira
- Abstract
The article discusses the attack of Australian freshwater crocodile or Crocodylus johnstoni to a 52-year-old male in Northern Lake Argyle, Western Australia on April 18, 2009. It says that the victim was attacked while doing a backward somersault. It mentions that he was sent to Kununurra general hospital and the medical staff identified the attacking animal as a freshwater crocodile based on the wounds.
- Subjects
LAKE Argyle (W.A.); KUNUNURRA (W.A.); WESTERN Australia; CROCODILE attacks; CROCODYLUS johnstoni; SOMERSAULTS
- Publication
Australian Zoologist, 2011, Vol 35, Issue 4, p973
- ISSN
0067-2238
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7882/AZ.2011.049