Crocodile attacks in Iran
Crocodile attacks occur really rare in Iran.
A 10-year-old boy had been killed in a rare attack by a marsh crocodile some years ago.
He was swimming in a river with friends in a conservation reserve in the south-east of the country.
The Marsh or Mugger Crocodile of Iran, known by local people as "Gando", grows up to four metres (13 feet) in length and has a reputation for timidity.
Local officials expressed surprise over the attack.
It was "a very rare and shocking incident since we feed the crocodiles with fish, chickens and even baby goats," the director of the local environmental office
was quoted as saying.
"The animal must have been agitated by the swimmers," he said.
As I talked to locals personally, they told me sometimes crocs are so bold to enter the back yard of the house. In addition, they reported me an attack incidence
in which the victim lost his leg. Attacks to the cattle occur normally by the crocs in which rural people are angry about that. Obviously these reports are not published
officially anywhere, but these are locals' exact words telling me about crocs in their home range.