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Wildlife officers are nonetheless looking for a crocodile after a person was attacked on the weekend in far north Queensland.
Rangers from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Companies continued their search within the waters off Archer Level, close to Cooktown on Monday.
“Wildlife officers didn’t see a crocodile in a single day, however are presently on the water conducting vessel-based searches,” the Division of Setting and Science mentioned in an announcement.
The assault occurred simply earlier than 1pm on Saturday when a person, aged in his 40s who was spearfishing, was sprung upon and suffered lacerations to his head, shoulder and leg.
He was airlifted by helicopter to Cairns Hospital in a steady situation.
“It has bitten him 3 times and dragged him to the underside the place he managed to, in response to him, stick his fingers within the crocodile’s eyes a number of instances and escape earlier than swimming in the direction of the shore,” Queensland Ambulance flight paramedic Valerie Noble mentioned.
Saturday’s assault is the third crocodile incident in two months after a person was bitten at Newell Seaside final Tuesday and a 37-year-old man was attacked at Bloomfield in February.
The 4.2 meter crocodile concerned within the Bloomfield incident was shot and killed by wildlife officers.
– AAP
