Fatso (crocodile)
| 🐈 🐕 🐎 Species | Crocodylus porosus |
|---|---|
| 🚻 Sex | Male |
| 🏡 Residence | Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park, Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
| ⚖️ Weight | Approx. 820 kg (1,800 lb)[1][2] |
Fatso is a male saltwater crocodile located in Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park near Broome, Western Australia. He received notoriety for a 2010 incident in which he bit a man named Michael Newman, who entered Fatso's enclosure at the Crocodile Park while drunk.
Capture[edit]
Fatso arrived at Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park in the 1990s after having been removed from the Victoria River near Timber Creek, Northern Territory.[3][4]
Bite incident[edit]
On 12 July 2010, Michael Newman, a visitor from Melbourne,[5] climbed into Fatso's enclosure in Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park near Broome, Western Australia.[1][6][7] Newman, who was ejected from a nearby pub called Divers Tavern earlier that night for being overly drunk, scaled the barbed wire fence surrounding Fatso's enclosure and attempted to sit on the crocodile's back.[1][5][6] Fatso bit Newman on his right leg, and Newman subsequently escaped the enclosure and returned to Divers Tavern.[1][6] Mark Phillips, the manager of the pub, noted that Newman had pieces of tree bark hanging off him and chunks of flesh missing from his leg.[1][2] Newman was given a beer and ordered an ambulance,[5] and was taken to Broome Hospital, where he received dozens of stitches to his leg.[1][7]
Malcolm Douglas, then-owner of the Crocodile Park, called Newman "fortunate", stating that "Fatso was a bit more sluggish than normal, due to the cooler nights we have been experiencing in Broome. If it had been warmer and Fatso was more alert, we would have been dealing with a fatality."[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Australian drunk survives attempt to ride crocodile". BBC.com. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Locker, Melissa (19 November 2012). "Drunken Australian Man Tries to Ride a Crocodile". Time. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ Parke, Eric (14 February 2019). "Maniac, Aggro and One-Eyed Willie — meet the biggest, baddest crocs of the Kimberley". ABC Online. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ Reviving Malcolm Douglas's animal park with the biggest, baddest crocs of the Kimberley. Western Australia: ABC News (Australia) on YouTube. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Perpitch, Nicolas (15 July 2010). "I only wanted to pat it, says victim of Fatso the 5m croc". The Australian. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Drunk tourist breaks into crocodile enclosure – and lives to tell the tale". The Guardian. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Drunk tourist hospitalised after attempting to ride crocodile". The Telegraph. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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