遊泳中の男性の頭をワニがガブリ！　自らこじ開け無事生還　豪

【ブリスベンＡＦＰ＝時事】オーストラリア北部ケアンズ郊外で28日、湖で泳いでいた男性がワニに頭をかまれる事故が起きた。男性は自らの手でワニの口をこじ開け、無事生還した。（写真は資料写真）
　現地当局によると男性は４４歳で、観光地ケアンズ近郊のプラシッド湖で遊泳中、ワニにかみつかれた。
　現地の救急隊員によると、男性は「突然、頭頂部に締め付けられるような衝撃を感じ、ワニだと分かった」という。
　男性は両手をワニの口に入れて顎を頭から外した際、左手の人さし指をかまれた。その後、ワニの追跡を恐れながら泳いで岸へと逃げ、陸に上がった。現場に到着した救急隊によると、男性は非常に落ち着いた様子で座っていたという。
　男性は頭と顔、肩、手に傷を負ったものの、軽傷で済んだ。
　男性はケアンズの病院に搬送され、傷は完治する見通し。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/02/01-12:15）

A man pried a crocodile's jaws from his head to survive an attack in northern Australia on Thursday, afterwards insisting he will soon return to the swimming spot, according to paramedics.
Local officials said the 44-year-old was swimming at Lake Placid, near the tourist hotspot of Cairns, when he was bitten by the reptile.
He felt this sudden impact clasped on the top of his head, which he recognised to be a crocodile, said Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic Paul Sweeney.
He put his hands into the jaws to prise them off his head and when he did so and let go the jaw snapped shut onto his left forefinger.
Sweeney said the man swam a considerable distance back to shore -- fearful the creature would return -- and dragged himself onto the bank.
Emergency responders found the man sitting in a remarkably calm state.
While the man was left with puncture wounds to his head, face, shoulder and hand, he escaped without serious injuries.
He's a very lucky man, Sweeney said.
Saltwater crocodiles are known to inhabit the area, but attacks are relatively rare.
Sweeney said the man was taken to a Cairns hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.
He's quite a robust individual who insisted that he will be back swimming there soon. So, a braver man than I.