Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Mugger attack on dog on the Rapti River, Nepal

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=e-SxH4TOjz8

This is one incredible video, of a mugger cruising up to a dog cooling itself in the water, and blatantly (I say blatantly because there's about 10-15 guys watching it all happen) grabbing the canine and dissapearing with it. Everyone is having a good laugh following this attack on the video, which is interesting. Patrick and I discussed this during our tea break today, and were thinking that this is the "worst" kind of behavior for a croc to exhibit, viz a viz human crocodile conflict. There is no launching out of the water suddenly, no "sighting" the target several times as the croc moves in closer, he just cruises on the surface of the water and it's all over in a couple of secs. Doesn't help that the dog was constantly looking at the landward side of the river rather than at it, all the way up to the point that the gets taken.

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