If You’re Planning a Visit to Cancún . . .

| July 5, 2017

or elsewhere in the Caribbean, maybe you should find somewhere besides one of the local lagoons to take a leak. Apparently the local crocodiles sometimes take offense.

A CROCODILE bit the arm off a tourist as he took a WEE in a Mexican lagoon.

The man, believed to be an American tourist, was relieving himself in the Nichupte Lagoon in Cancun, a tourist hotspot in the south-eastern Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

Yes, a crocodile.  The Nichupte Lagoon is a known habitat for the American crocodile – and the Cancún region also is habitat for a second, smaller (but still dangerous) crocodile species:  Morolet’s crocodile.

American crocodiles are found in most of the Caribbean – along with northeastern South America, most of the Pacific coast of Mexico other than Baja California, central America, and even parts of south Florida.  Mature American crocodile males often range between 13 and 18 feet long; they prefer brackish or salt water, but can also live in fresh water. Morolet’s crocodiles can reach nearly 10 feet in length and are a freshwater species.

The incident happened earlier this week.  The man survived the attack, but is in critical condition. It’s unknown at this point whether he’ll survive.

Per the linked article, this isn’t the first crocodile attack in a Mexican seaside lagoon. An earlier attack damn near killed a guy from Texas.  Attacks are rare, but happen periodically.

Why this guy thought it would be a good idea to take a leak while (presumably) standing in or near water known to be a freaking crocodile habitat is beyond me.  Then again, apparently some people ignore posted alligator warning signs, too.

Situation awareness, people.  Conditions in other nations – and even in other parts of our own country – generally ain’t exactly the same as “back home”.

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Veritas Omnia Vincit

Reminds me of the story of the guy down Florida (Fori-Duh?) way who was robbing homes and when the po-po showed he decided to hide by laying down in the back yard near a large body of water….when the cops found him he was dead….damn gators got him. Another example of Karma being a harsh mistress indeed.

ChipNASA

“Hold my beer, watch this…”

FatCircles0311

British tabloid covering Mexican happenings?

Still more legit than CNN!

Silentium Est Aureum

Weekly World News is more legit.

And amoebic dysentery, or tapeworms from food, etc. Yeah, saw that happen to a few folks.

The Other Whitey

I’m guessing he was a city-dweller, the type that ignores the “Don’t Feed the Animals” signs at Yellowstone. People from rural areas that are habitats for large, potentially man-eating predators are generally a bit smarter–or at least less likely to be fatally stupid–about such things.

OldCorpsTanker72

I don’t normally tell this story, but I once pissed in an alligators mouth. But I was up on a dock, and she was down in the water about four feet below me. Once the splashing in the water started, she came over looking for what was causing the ripples, and opened her mouth right up. And kept her mouth open until I finished.

This doesn’t mean I’m banned from this site now, does it?

Jonn Lilyea

Only if you kissed her afterwards.

The Other Whitey

I can’t decide if that’s awesome or awful. Possibly both. Of course, one wonders how much worse it could’ve tasted than the slimy, shitty swamp water.

OldCorpsTanker72

She had a nest full of eggs about 100 feet from the dock I was on. And, no, I did not kiss her afterwards. Although I did give her a present afterwards – some bacon fat and marshmallows – which I suppose could be misconstrued.

Mayhem

What? No Tic-Tac?

Ex-PH2

I just wish you had posted a spew alert!

medic09

You’re still pretty lucky. I’ve seen gators jump to about the level of a fishing dock in places like Brazos Bend. We still talk about the one that jumped way up and grabbed the first little smallmouth my youngest daughter had ever caught.

Jonn Lilyea

You’ve heard me talk about Tim “Griz” Martin – when we were at Basic Training in Fort Polk, we can a day off and Tim went to a local recreation area on Polk. Supposedly, they had a giant old alligator that lived there. The drill sergeants had warned about him. I wasn’t there but I was told that Tim went hunting for the old gator and when he found him, Tim dragged him out of the water by his tail. I don’t know why, he just did. He let the gator go and it scurried back into the water. Tim went on to be one of the first Delta operators.

Silentium Est Aureum

I never had the honor or pleasure of meeting MSG Martin, Jonn, but I can almost guarantee you why he did it.

Because he could.

AZtoVA

“A CROCODILE bit the arm off a tourist as he took a WEE in a Mexican lagoon.”

His ‘short-arm’?

Perry Gaskill

This might sound harsh, but I’m having a difficult time working up critical mass for crocodile outrage. The Sun story makes me wonder if the Cancun tourist is the kind of guy who would come over to your house, suck up 12 frozen margaritas, then pee in your pool…

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

Ah, the overly urinatng one DID NOT have his arm bitten off.

The skinny little arm was detached at the shoulder via a rotating action of the croc. That is how is happens and it happens quickly.

Anyhow, these hot wings are tasty.

11b-mailclerk

Ahem.

Dont whiz on my crocodile and tell me its raining.

Green Thumb

I hope he comes out of this in a positive way.

That being said, what an idiot.

David

Read where some hunters witnessed an African croc come out of the water and take down an impala 30 feet from the water. That’s a pretty speedy antelope to do that to. Damn sight faster than I am.