You were warned about Mexico
A US tourist in Mexico — which has had a lot of bad and often unfair publicity in recent months for its drug violence — found a new danger when he was attacked by a crocodile while attempting to answer the call of nature in Cancun.
According to Mexican police,20-year-old Andrew Dales of Dallas confessed that he had been on a mission to relieve himself at the edge of the local Nicupté lagoon in the popular tourist resort of Cancun, when the crocodile suddenly snapped at him.
He suffered “multiple bite wounds” to his leg and neck and was also left with a head injury after the reptile knocked him to the ground, a police spokesman said.
Cancun’s crocodiles (principally American crocodiles, Crocodylus acutus) are a non-aggressive species that feed on fish and other small wildlife, said the dailymail.co.uk.
The sprawling lagoon is home to approximately 25 of the species — though most of them live away from populated areas.
Tourists however are advised to be careful and lagoons in the area are dotted with crocodile warning signs.
By David Wilkening
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