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Losing the head on the way to school..

  • 13-03-2009 12:06AM
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    http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Crocodile-Attack-Croc-Bites-Off-Girls-Head-On-Agusan-Marsh-In-Philippines/Article/200903215240174?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Region_5&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15240174_Crocodile_Attack%3A_Croc_Bites_Off_Girls_Head_On_Agusan_Marsh_In_Philippines

    skynews wrote:


    A crocodile has bitten off a 10-year-old girl's head after knocking over the canoe she was travelling in.


    She was on her way to a floating school on the Agusan Marsh in the Philippineswhen the huge reptile capsized the boat, the provincial government said.
    The girl fell into the water during the attack on Saturday, but her headless body was not discovered until two days later.
    A classmate who was with her was rescued by a man who had been escorting the pair in another boat, said Ruel Hipulan, head of the private group which runs the school.
    "It's a monster crocodile," he said. Witnesses said the crocodile was about 30ft (nine metres) long.
    The floating school has been temporarily closed while a search for the crocodile is under way.
    Around 100 members of the Manobo tribe have been forced to leave their houses, which sit on the lake on stilts, amid fears of another attack.
    The Agusan Marsh in southern Mindanao island is a sanctuary for protected species including freshwater crocodiles and soft-shell turtles.
    Crocodile attacks in the area are rare but the reptiles have become aggressive recently because they have had little to feed on.
    The lake has been swollen for the past several months, causing fish to scatter to other places.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    :eek: School on a Saturday?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    There shoulda been a sign giving people a heads up

    Sorry:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 842 ✭✭✭starflake


    And she only headin' off to school


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭HarryPalmer


    First and last time she ever gave head, I suppose.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Bleeding crocs and sharks. They will eat anything .,even humans



    poor kid :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    That croc sure has some neck!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭orestes


    And people here complain about there not being seat-belts on school buses


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    It was reported last week that the family of a man in the everglades region , who remains were found inside a croc refused to have the captured croc slaughtered . Protecting the spiecies is one thing but not so sure I would feel same way .People are strange .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Mr.Lizard wrote: »
    That croc sure has some neck!
    Two, now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,581 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    floating schools, what will they think of next


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Good crocodiles are hard to get into these days




    Lame joke ......needz a drink :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    floating schools, what will they think of next
    Floating bodies.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,581 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Floating bodies.

    you mean bodies like the department of education


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    This thread is funny because it involves a 10 year old getting decapitated.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Black humor I Guess runs runs through about 50% of threads on boards but you are right to point it out :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Sad story, probably wouldn't be half as many as the tasteless jokes on here if it had happened in an english speaking or european country.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭SoWatchaWant


    Guys, someone just died. A kid, no less. I wouldn't feel compelled to joke about that...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,769 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    I'm guessing they only go for human meat as a last resort, considering it didn't eat her body. Just saw a moving target and went for it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭orestes


    Guys, someone just died. A kid, no less. I wouldn't feel compelled to joke about that...

    They're just having a bit of a laugh, it's nothing to lose the head about


  • Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    She wont be the head of the class anymore.


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  • Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    oh no you didn't ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Mena


    Kiera wrote: »
    :eek: School on a Saturday?

    Thursday and Friday are Saturday and Sunday in many countries, specifically the Middle East and Asia. Nothing strange there.

    As to the OP, sad story, but this kind of thing happens often when you don't live in a country that has a McD's ever 100ft.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Zadkiel


    Mena wrote: »
    Thursday and Friday are Saturday and Sunday in many countries, specifically the Middle East and Asia. Nothing strange there.

    As to the OP, sad story, but this kind of thing happens often when you don't live in a country that has a McD's ever 100ft.

    Croc's are fonder of McDonalds than Kiddy heads?:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Mena


    Zadkiel wrote: »
    Croc's are fonder of McDonalds than Kiddy heads?:confused:

    Actually, if you removed the bun, I'd say yes. Too much bone in a head.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭chrissb7


    i think im going to hell for laughing at this


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    Apparently the head-count was one short during roll call.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,073 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    They should be banned.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    Well she was poor and foreign so we can all have a good laugh. Which is great cos you're all ****ing hilarious.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭big b


    Sleipnir wrote: »
    Well she was poor and foreign so we can all have a good laugh. Which is great cos you're all ****ing hilarious.

    Yes. We demand retribution.




    and make it snappy


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,822 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    latchyco wrote: »
    Blak humor I Guess runs runs through about 50% of threads on boards but you are right to point it out :o

    Ooooh. Racist!


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