19-Foot Crocodile Swallows 45-Year-Old Woman in Indonesia; Whole Body Found Inside Reptile’s Stomach

A 19-foot crocodile that had eaten a woman two years prior had her limbs severed from its stomach shortly after.

The victim, a 45-year-old woman, only known as Fatimah, was attacked by the beast when she was fishing in a river in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Friends were horrified when they heard Fatimah cry and saw the reptile around her body with its teeth drag her under the water.

19-Foot Crocodile Eats Woman's Body in Indonesia

According to a news item published by the Mirror UK on Saturday, July 23, fragments of Fatimah's remains were discovered when the police shot the crocodile to death and then sliced open its carcass.

The gory facts of the crocodile attack, which took place in June 2020, went popular on social media over the weekend after it was discovered that The Sun had previously published a video that also showed the recovery.

According to information from witnesses, Fatimah spent the nighttime hours throwing food into the seas off Tibi Island in Bulugan Regency.

After the assault, local law enforcement and citizens launched a "search and recovery operation," during which they discovered the victim's head and other body parts a few hours later.

Although it is well known that Kalimantan has a horrible reputation for lethal crocodile attacks, the gruesome clip showed enraged locals opening the croc's stomach.

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Crocodile Attacks in Asia

Reports explain that crocodiles roll, drag, and violently shake their prey underwater.

"People are generally attacked by crocodiles, when they are knee-deep in water, or when they are fishing, washing clothes or bathing. Crocodiles normally observe a person for a couple of weeks or a month before attacking. But people tend to underestimate the intelligence of a crocodile, and think it is just another animal," Anslem de Silva, a herpetologist from Sri Lanka, told Ceylon Today (per Facts and Details).

Crocodile attacks on humans are frequent in areas where giant crocodiles are native, and there are human populations. Facts and Details added that only six of the 23 species of crocodilians are thought to be hazardous to adult humans. Only those 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length or more are seen to pose a severe threat to people.

Smaller crocodiles are thought to be incapable of killing a human. However, even the tiniest species may deliver severe bites that need sutures if threatened. A little child could also be comparable in size to the food of some crocodilian species that cannot feed on adult people.

The Nile crocodile and saltwater crocodile are the two species with the most well-known and well-documented reputations for preying on people. The Nile crocodile is blamed for hundreds of fatal assaults yearly in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Borneo are frequently the targets of saltwater crocodile attacks. The mugger crocodile is also extremely deadly to humanity, taking numerous lives each year in India.

Although the American crocodile is typically regarded as being less violent, a few fatalities are recorded and verified each year in southern Mexico and Central America.

Additionally, the black caiman is accountable for several documented human fatalities each year in the Amazon basin and its adjacent areas. The majority of human fatalities caused by American alligators happen in Florida.