Kicker: Man bites crocodile

NICK EICHER, HOST: Dog bites man. Not news. Man bites back, that’s the very definition.

How much more so, then, when man bites crocodile?

Down in Australia, Colin Deveraux was putting up fencing near a river and along came a 10-foot saltwater croc. Grabbed him by the foot.

COLIN DEVERAUX: It was a big grab, solid, and he shook me like a rag doll.

Shook like a rag doll. That I understood. So Devereaux is on his knees, in the mud, face to face with the croc. And he had only one option. Bite back!

DEVERAUX: Me teeth slipped up and I got hold of the eyelids, by accident I think. And I jerked back on that and he let go.

The audio from ABC Australia. We really are two countries divided by a common language.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: I know what he said. He bit the croc by the eyelid! Jerked it back, and the croc let go.

EICHER: Perfect. He did have to spend a month in the hospital, and he’s all good.

REICHARD: He didn’t even lose a single toe.

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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