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Female keeper savaged by 16ft crocodile and ‘loses a lot of blood’ at reptile park tourist attraction in Australia
A FEMALE keeper was mauled by a 16ft crocodile at a reptile park tourist attraction in Australia.
A 34-year-old woman was taken to the hospital, reportedly “losing a lot of blood,” after she was attacked by saltwater croc Leo while working at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin.
A female keeper was savaged by the saltwater croc Leo[/caption]
The woman was rushed to the hospital after the bite[/caption]
It is believed the member of staff was trying to put a plant in the cage when the croc grabbed her, NT News reported.
A source said the woman was “lucky she didn’t lose a limb.”
A tourist said he overheard staff discussing the attack and “apparently there was a lot of blood”.
The former staff member said it was the first time the massive croc had attacked an employee.
However they said other staff had been bitten by smaller crocs.
They said: “There was a pretty bad bite, probably a year to two years ago now, where an underage staff member actually got bitten by one of the smaller crocodiles.”
NT WorkSafe confirmed that a female worker was injured after she was bitten on the arm by a crocodile.
It said it would not provide further details of the injury “due to patient privacy,” and added that an inquiry has been launched.
Crocosaurus Cove is a tourist attraction offering visitors a “unique, up-close and personal view of Australia’s iconic saltwater crocodiles”, according to its website.
Guests have the chance to swim with crocodiles, feed them and pose for a photo holding a baby croc.
Earlier this year a swimmer was mauled by a crocodile in a wild attack which left his dog dead.
Distressing footage showed tourist Alister MacPhee, 37, repeatedly punching the beast in a bid to escape after it lunged from the water in Queensland, Australia.
A former member of staff said it was the first time a crocodile attacked an employee[/caption]
Major British tourist attractions slammed with one-star reviews on TripAdvisor
TOURISTS are giving scathing reviews to some of Britain’s most popular attractions — with one branding Stonehenge “just a pile of rocks”
Another slammed Mount Snowdon as “too steep”.
Stonehenge was branded ‘just a pile of rocks’ by a disgruntled tourist[/caption]
And Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway was criticised by one because there were “no giants”.
They are among brutal one-star reviews on website Tripadvisor.
Another visitor to prehistoric monument Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Wilts, compared the experience to “watching paint dry” or a “five-hour wait in A&E”.
The disgruntled Snowdon tourist wrote: “What are they thinking? It’s way too rough and steep.
“The weather is atrocious and whatever possessed them to put it in Wales?
“It would be much better in Cornwall.”
Elsewhere, the Eden Project in Cornwall was described as “grim” and “rather smelly”.
And another blasted ancient volcano Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh — because there is “no seat at the top”.
Others moaned the landmark had no Tesco Express or Starbucks.
Victoria Beckham and M&S join more than 130 businesses demanding the end of the hated ‘tourist tax’
Final Cities: Skylines expansion adds hotels and tourist resorts
Cities: Skylines 2 was announced in March and is due for release later this year. As a result, the next expansion for Cities: Skylines is also its last. Hotels & Retreats is a “mini-expansion” that adds hostels, cabins, hotels and luxury resorts to make your city friendlier to tourists.
Brit tourist caught deadly dengue fever in top European hotspot
A BRIT holidaymaker has caught the deadly jungle bug, dengue fever, in the south of France.
Medics revealed a 44-year-old woman was infected with the virus on a family trip close to Nice in September.
The holidaymaker has caught dengue fever near Nice, France[/caption]
Mosquitoes are responsible for spreading dengue fever[/caption]
She went to A&E in the UK with a three-day fever, pains and a rash but later made a full recovery.
Dengue is most often found in tropical countries like Vietnam and Brazil.
But global warming means the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are comfortable coming further north, with cases set to rise in future.
French health officials warned of an outbreak in the country’s south last year.
Dr Owain Donnelly, from London’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said the spread of the illness is “rapidly changing”.
He said: “Hotter temperatures and more rainfall, and increasing global trade and tourism, mean we may see more parts of Europe with the right combination of factors for dengue outbreaks.”
The virus causes fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, vomiting and a blotchy rash.
It usually heals on its own but around five per cent of cases are severe and can be deadly.
Around 50million people per year are infected with dengue, mainly in Asia, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
It does not spread between people but is carried by the Asian tiger mosquito, which is on the rise in Europe.
Speaking at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Dr Donnelly added: “Physicians should consider testing for dengue if patients live in or have visited countries even where it is not widespread.”
British sisters die in West Bank shooting – as Italian tourist killed in Tel Aviv terror attack
Tourist spots ‘huge’ shark swimming around harbour during high tide in Cornwall
A TOURIST has spotted a “huge” shark swimming around a harbour during high tide in Cornwall.
Olga Bates, 46, was visiting popular seaside resort St Ives with family when they caught sight of the sizeable fish near a collection of boats.
The shark was spotted in St Ives, Cornwall[/caption]
Experts identified it as a basking shark[/caption]
They snapped a photo of the beast at 6.26am on March 23 as they strolled along the seafront.
Experts have identified it as a basking shark, which can grow up to 45 feet long.
The species is the second-largest type of shark, behind the whale shark, and eat by swimming with their huge mouths gaping open to catch plankton as they filter water through their gills.
Olga, who was visiting the town from Knighton, Wales, explained that her attention had been caught by a group of seals that was “hiding” from the vast creature.
She said: “We were very lucky.
“We woke up so early to watch the sunrise and spotted seals hiding under the bridge and then we saw what they were hiding from – the shark.
“It was amazing to see and it was so close to the beach. I was an amazing surprise for us, we have never seen one that close before.
“We were enjoying the views and the sunshine, we were overwhelmed.”
She added that the shark was about 10 feet long and was larger than some of the boats it passed as it circled the harbour.
The family stayed and watched it swim until the tide began to go out and it vanished.
An ecstatic Olga went on: “It was amazing to see it so close, I was so lucky and my grandson was very excited.”
The Wildlife Trust describes the basking shark as a “gentle giant” and they are not commonly known to be aggressive towards humans.
However, the Trust advises anyone who encounters a basking shark in the water to give it plenty of space as its sheer size can make it dangerous.
The Trust’s website states: “Remember that sharks can be unpredictable.
“If swimming with the sharks, stay in a group and remain at least 4m from each shark.
“You should never touch the shark.”
The Wildlife Trust calls the species a ‘gentle giant’ but advises people to keep their distance as, while not aggressive, their size can make them dangerous[/caption]
Blundering tourist, 43, fined £415 for driving bright-red Ferrari into world famous Italian square
A BLUNDERING tourist has been fined £415 after driving their bright red Ferrari into a world famous Italian square.
The American holidaymaker drove across the landmark, which is pedestrianised, much to the anger of locals.
The bumbling tourist was fined after driving across a historic square in Florence, Italy[/caption]
The owner of the flash sports car, 43, was apprehended after casually cruising across the Piazza della Signoria, which sits in the historic centre of Florence, Italy.
It is usually packed with tourists, often visiting the Uffizi Gallery, which is home to some of the country’s most famous artwork, particularly a substantial collection of ancient sculptures and paintings.
Cops caught him after he parked up in the nearby Via dei Gondi after driving down the street in what locals officials described as a “nonsensical” manner.
He was fined €470, equivalent to around £415, for the embarrassing gaffe.
The fine was particularly large as a police check revealed that he did not have the correct paperwork to drive the Swiss-registered Ferrari in Italy, let alone on the Piazza.
A spokesperson for the Municipality of Florence said: “Checks revealed that the 43-year-old driver had an American driving license that did not comply with international conventions and did not have an international driving permit or official translation.
“A report was taken for parking in the pedestrian area, driving against the direction and having non-compliant foreign license, the fine was a total of €470, which he paid directly to the agents.”
It comes after an American tourist was fined last year for causing £20,000 worth of damage to Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps by throwing an e-scooter down them.
The unnamed woman was caught on camera hurling the scooter onto the Unesco monument in an apparent tantrum, before throwing it a further two times.
BIGFOOT Photographed From Colorado Rockies Tourist Train (VIDEO)
A passenger aboard a tourist train in the Colorado Rockies captured a photograph that appears to be a large figure standing among the trees. The photo was reportedly taken by a man named Brian as he was riding the Georgetown Loop Railroad, which runs approximately two miles through the Rocky Mountains. Although the image was captured back in September 2022, it came online this past week when he shared it with the Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization. Apparently, he did not notice the original capture until later when looking through the photos.
An online search failed to find any photos of a Bigfoot as seen by a passenger aboard the Georgetown Loop Railroad. This would seem to suggest that the ‘statue theory’ is rather unlikely unless Brian was somehow the first person to spot it. What are your thoughts?
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