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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Thu Jan 17, 2019, 05:31 AM Jan 2019

Indonesian woman mauled to death by giant pet crocodile

Source: BBC

Indonesian woman mauled to death by giant pet crocodile

17 January 2019

An Indonesian woman has been mauled to death by a pet crocodile in Sulawesi after she fell into its enclosure.

Deasy Tuwo, 44, had reportedly been feeding the crocodile at the pearl farm where she worked, and where the animal was being kept illegally.

The 700kg crocodile, named Merry, is thought to have bitten off her arm and most of her abdomen.

The reptile has been relocated to a conservation site while authorities look for its owner.

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The animal was being kept illegally at the farm in Minahasa in North Sulawesi

Deasy Tuwo was attacked while feeding the crocodile at pearl farm

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Indonesian woman mauled to death by giant pet crocodile (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP

that thing is huge. Demovictory9 Jan 2019 #1

"Pet Crocodile"? Is a puppy so bad? Anyway there's a link on that page... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #2

with lasers on their heads? brooklynite Jan 2019 #4

Darwin strikes malaise Jan 2019 #3

She was an employee. roody Jan 2019 #9

I thought it was her pet malaise Jan 2019 #10

giant pet crocodile HAB911 Jan 2019 #5

It's easy to think of it as a pet if you start out when they're little csziggy Jan 2019 #6

OMG, I love her! HAB911 Jan 2019 #7

Betty White totally made that movie work csziggy Jan 2019 #8

Start a thread please malaise Jan 2019 #12

I had a flashback to Romancing the Stone NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #11

Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)

1. that thing is huge.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 05:37 AM

Jan 2019

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. "Pet Crocodile"? Is a puppy so bad? Anyway there's a link on that page...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 05:44 AM

Jan 2019

about a new prison:

Indonesia plans prison with crocodile moat

Indonesia's anti-drugs agency is proposing to build a jail that will be surrounded by moats stocked with crocodiles and piranhas.

In November 2015, Indonesia bowed to international pressure and put a temporary halt on executing death row prisoners, so alternatives were sought by the authorities.