A Western Australian woman was attacked by a saltwater crocodile while swimming in a creek in Wyndham, in the state’s far north.
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She was flown to Darwin after the attack at Three Mile Creek – near a caravan park in Wyndham on Wednesday afternoon – which saw her lose her lower right arm, including her hand, and suffer leg injuries.
The woman has undergone surgery and remains in a stable condition.
She is understood to be in a stable condition.
“Apparently she was sitting beside the creek and the croc came out and grabbed her and took her arm off”, said Mike Snowball, a local resident.
Mr Cavanagh told WA Today: “She was standing on the side of the road just shocked”.
During a death roll a crocodile spins and twists to rip off parts of its prey.
A crocodile has bitten off most of a woman’s arm after attacking her and performing a “death roll”.
“Because this crocodile attacked a person and it was in an area used by people and pets it was imperative that we removed it and we ensured that it was destroyed quickly and humanely”, said Peter Carstairs, from the Balanggarra Parks and Wildlife office.
“In this circumstance we have to remove this animal because it’s a threat to human safety”, he said.
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Crocodiles are common in Australia’s tropical north where numbers have increased since the introduction of protection laws in 1971, with government estimates putting the national population at around 100,000.
