Croc victim gets arm back

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Okin

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/croc-victim-gets-arm-back/2007/04/12/1175971189283.html

Surgeons reattached a Taiwanese veterinarian's forearm today after a 200-kilogram Nile crocodile chomped it off and colleagues recovered the limb from the reptile's mouth.

The male crocodile severed Chang Po-yu's forearm at the Shaoshan Zoo in the southern city of Kaohsiung yesterday when the veterinarian tried to retrieve a tranquiliser dart from the reptile's hide so he could give it medication, zoo officials said.

The forearm was reattached following seven hours of surgery today.
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Aazealh

Aazealh

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Nothing quite conveys "don't fuck with the crocs!" as well as this picture does. It's good to hear that they could reattach the limb though. I wonder if the guy will keep working there.
 
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Okin

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I doubt it's fully functional. You see that chunk at the severed end? I can't imagine how they could get every nerve reconnected.
 
Ramen4ever

Ramen4ever

Aazealh said:
Nothing quite conveys "don't fuck with the crocs!" as well as this picture does. It's good to hear that they could reattach the limb though. I wonder if the guy will keep working there.
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Considering the guy got his arm bitten off. I don't think he has enough expertise to work with the croc's. I mean what was he thinking, retrieving a tranquilizer dart.

I'm also surprised the croc didn't eat it. :chomp:
 
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Majin_Tenshi

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Okin said:
I doubt it's fully functional. You see that chunk at the severed end? I can't imagine how they could get every nerve reconnected.
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I seem to remember hearing that a messy severing is easier to reattach then a clean one.
As I understand it nerves branch like a tree. I could see him retaining hand function but losing wrist function.
 
Lithrael

Lithrael

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ahee, you got that backwards, a cleanly severed bit is much easier to reconnect than a messy ripped one. With a clean cut you have plenty of completely viable tissue to work on; with a rip, a lot of that stuff is just not going to live and you have to cut it away first anyhows.
 
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smoke

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That croc knows he's badass.

Sitting there all smug with some dude's arm in his mouth.

Let's give him a hand, guys.
 
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