Crocodile Bites Off Man's Hand

Crocodile bites hand off of homeless man in Cancun | Fox News: "CANCUN, MEXICO –  Mexican authorities say a crocodile attacked a homeless man and bit off his right hand near a lagoon in the resort city of Cancun.



Cancun tourist police say in a Tuesday statement that Alejandro Lopez was wandering near an area of mangroves when he was attacked.



Police found the 27-year-old man lying on the shore of the Nichupte lagoon Monday and took him to a hospital."



Pictured above is an American crocodile, a species found in the Yucatan (among other places) and known to occasionally take people. It's possible, however, that the attacker in this case was a Morelet's crocodile. This species has not traditionally been regarded as a man-eater, but Croconut tells me they have attacked several people in recent years, including an intoxicated man who encountered several of them--fatally--at a lake near Tampico.