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People constantly suffer from these evil, insidious and very bloodthirsty predators. It is even believed that a crocodile, unlike all other wild animals cannot be tamed, so much so – diabolical creature. However, some cases of human friendship and crocodiles still took place in history, on our website you can find an amazing story about it, however similar, as they say, a great exception to the rule. Most often it happens the opposite …
But the most massive eating of people by crocodiles was marked by night from February 19 to February 20, 1945. It happened during the Second World War II.
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As you know, on January 14, 1945, the Burmese operation began. called “Matador.” In those days, British troops landed on the island of Rampi in order to capture the airfield and port, which were in the north of this patch of land. The island was guarded by a Japanese garrison, which gradually began to be pushed into the depths of the British army islands.
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Until February 19, there were fierce battles, after which the Japanese were forced to flee south, trying to connect with their allies. The British did their best to make their adversary retreat through the sinister mango swamps of Rampi. Mosquitoes, snakes and scorpions, of which there were plenty on the island, will soon appear to the Japanese a mere trifle.
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On the night of February 19 to 20, they were attacked by a much more terrible enemy even compared to British troops – crested crocodiles, and there were so many of them in the swamps that as a result of the night The attacks of these predators killed more than a thousand people. All these the unfortunate ones were simply eaten by bloodthirsty reptiles. After this terrible feast of alligators, the British captured only three officers and 22 soldiers, and even those were pretty bitten crocodiles.
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Bloodthirsty crocodiles are also distinguished by cannibalism
Thanks to modern digital technology, when everyone a man’s pocket is almost a video camera (on smartphone), people began to shoot the most cruel scenes that played out between crocodiles and their victims. But here is what surprisingly, these terrible reptiles are not averse to dine with their brothers, especially if a struggle breaks out between them – or for leadership, then for a place in the sun.
It was precisely such a scene of cannibalism that he shot in early April of this year. 49-year-old Bill Yan from the Australian city of Alice Springs during fishing on the river in the vicinity of Darwin. Bill and his son Mitchell was so amazed at this scene when the larger and a strong alligator would completely eat the defeated fellow, having realized it, managed to remove almost only the final act this tragedy.
Japan Time
