WATCH: Viral video shows British tourist being BITTEN by hungry crocodile
SHOCKING video footage shows crocodile leaping out from nowhere and maiming a British tourist, who is left covered in blood.
British tourist BITTEN by crocodile films attack
Travelling in a foreign country, you never quite know what to expect – and sometimes that includes dangerous animals.
This was the case for one British tourist, who was attacked out of nowhere by a crocodile while enjoying the wilderness in Queensland, Australia.
In the video, the person holding the camera walks down a beach covered in exotic multicoloured shells and rocks.
The camera pans closer to the ground, to show shallow water lapping up against the side of the sand.
It is a tranquil image, and a few tiny silver fish can be seen travelling through the water, as if scurrying away from something.
The danger rapidly becomes clear as a huge crocodile, previously unseen by the camera lens, leaps into the shot.
Although we cannot see its target, the crocodile clamps its jaws down on something (or someone) off camera.
We can see its powerful, ridged reptilian body, which looks around two metres long, and its legs which assist its movement.
It has since become known the reptile bit a British tourist who was travelling in the region on the legs.
A photo of the tourist’s leg – she is believed to be called Leah – has been shared on social media, showing blood trickling out from below a long bite mark above her knee.
The video has gained thousands of shares on Facebook where it was first posted by user Ally Bullifent on her personal page.
It has since sparked a debate about crocodile culling in the area of Queensland, where the video was filmed.
The Australia based Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) in Australia has responded to the footage, saying crocodiles must be removed to prevent such injuries and deaths.
"Wildlife officers will carry out a site assessment of the area today and will potentially target the animal for removal."
Earlier this year, a video went viral of tourists jumping from a dangerous rock known as “Swallow Rock”.
The waterfall below the rock seems to swallow the tourists up, before the zip down a natural water slide and are shot into the river below.