Crocodile attack used for compensation– case report

Author: 
Dheeraj Abhaykumar and Sudhir D. Nanandkar

Bite marks is a gesture for either love or hatred. But, that of animal is surely a gesture for its survival. Animal bites are not an uncommon encounter in the clinical setup. Most common amongst it is dog bite. Bite by a crocodile is not a routine one.Crocodilians are opportunistic predators that are most dangerous in water and at the water-land interface. (1)
The government has sanctioned heavy amounts of compensation in cases of wild animal attacks. Some people are lured towards this compensation and try to mimic another cause of death as to resulting from wild animal attack, by a different storyline.
One such case encountered by the author is described in this report.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2019.18147.3461
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