After that, she threw him over and rotated him in a technique called the “death roll,” which is used by alligators and crocodiles since they are said to be incapable of chewing.
According to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, “they disable, kill, and dismember prey into smaller pieces by using a powerful bite combined with a full-bodied twisting motion – a death roll.”
An animal handler is said to have arrived at the scene around half an hour later, bonking the animal over the head with a block of concrete to break its hold.
The traveler miraculously survived and was taken to the hospital, where they were given over fifty stitches. Some witnesses asked “why he would do such a stupid thing,”
While others were “glad the man is alive.” In the end, Sgt. Sajolga decided: “This kind of conduct is really risky. No one should ever go inside a zoo animal’s enclosure.
