It sounds so horrific! From Taipei TimesThe incident occurred when [Kaohsiung Shoushan] zoo vet Chang Po-yu (张博宇) was giving the [sick] crocodile anesthetic shots.Update: Vet Chang's arm was successfully reattached ollowing seven hours of surgery..
Chang, thinking the animal was adequately sedated, tried to pull a syringe from the alligator, when it suddenly turned around and bit off his left hand and forearm.
Chang was rushed to hospital. Police arrived at the scene one hour later and fired two shots at the crocodile, killing it and freeing Chang's forearm from its mouth.
Paramedics rushed the limb to the hospital, where doctors were performing microsurgery in a bid to reconnect it to Chang's arm.
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