Tourist bite of crocodile while taking a selfie because he thought animals were false

• A man who visited a zoo in the Philippines was attacked by a crocodile after climbing into its enclosure on April 28
• Police said the 29-year-old believed the crocodile was false and had climbed into the casing to pose for photos
• A zookeeper then entered the enclosure and hit the female crocodile over the head with concrete to open his mouth, and the man got more than 50 seams for his injuries

A man who visited a zoo was attacked by a crocodile – after he climbed into the animal’s housing to pose for photos.

Man – identified by Manila Bulletin As a 29-year-old-climbing over a chain link fence with a mobile phone in hand at Kabug Island Mangrove and Wetlands Park in the Philippines’ southern Zamboanga Sibugay Province on Monday 28 April.

On one video Action by viral press, spectators could be heard screaming at the man and crocodile after it bit him on his arm and held.

Although the man could be seen to sit still as he waited for help, the crocodile – a woman named Lalay – pulled him through the shallow water and rolled over and turns his arm even longer as he screamed in pain.

Police told local media that the man had climbed into the casing because he thought the crocodile was false.

“The tourist was walking around the area, then he saw the crocodile, which he thought was just a plastic fix,” said police Sergent Joel Sajolga from Siay Municipal Police to several stores, Per Daily Mail.

“He climbed on the fence and entered the casing, and the crocodile attacked him,” Sajolga added.

The Bulletin reported that the man was “mentally impaired.”

Video films showed that Lalay rolled the man several times in what researchers call a “death roll” – a tactic used by many types of crocodilian species to kill prey and tear it apart for consumption.

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According to viral press, per The Daily mailZookeeper responsible for Lalay had tried to prevent the man from climbing the fence in advance and eventually entered the enclosure himself to save the 29-year-old and allegedly hit the crocodile over her head with a piece of concrete to open her mouth.

Paramedics was eventually called to the site, the stores reported. They found that the man’s right arm and leg had been bitten, and he was taken to Dr. George T. Hofer Memorial Hospital, where he received more than 50 stitches, according to Bulletin.

“This type of behavior is very dangerous. No one should ever enter an animal casing in the zoo,” added Sajolga to local media. “He put the lives of others at risk and he is very lucky to have survived.”

An investigation into the incident is still ongoing, police told Bulletin.