Hangzhou Zoo responded with cries of surprise as the man jumped into the crocodile pool to pick up his phone
On August 24th, a man jumped out of a crocodile pond at Hangzhou Zoo to help someone pick up a phone, but was almost attacked by a crocodile during the process, which attracted attention. On the 25th, the park responded to Jimu News reporters by stating that the man was a zoo staff member who provided assistance to tourists at the time.
Mr. Zhang, a netizen, told Jimu News reporters that on the afternoon of August 24th, while visiting Hangzhou Zoo, he saw a female tourist's phone fall into the water of a crocodile pond. Just as she was at a loss, a man climbed over the guardrail to the crocodile pool and retrieved his phone. The man was almost attacked by the crocodile.
The man is picking up his phone
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The video captured by Mr. Zhang shows that the man climbed over a guardrail that was about his height and went into the pool. He used a metal rod to fish for his phone in the water, but was unsuccessful. He then got down and picked it up with his hands. A crocodile, about two meters long, was lying on the grass a few meters away. When it saw the man, it quickly crawled over, as if preparing to attack him. Amidst the screams of nearby tourists, the man grabbed his phone and stood on a wooden platform above the pool to avoid, while the crocodile swam through the water.
Men evade crocodile attacks
Mr. Zhang told reporters that the man and the woman who dropped the phone did not know each other, and he did not know whether the man was a kind-hearted tourist or a staff member of the park. At that time, Mr. Zhang only saw that crocodile and didn't know if there were any other crocodiles nearby. Anyway, he felt that the man's behavior was very dangerous.
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On the morning of August 25th, a reporter from Jimu News called Hangzhou Zoo, and the staff introduced that the man picking up his phone was a zoo staff member who was providing assistance to tourists at that time. As for how many crocodiles are in the pool, what species they are, and how dangerous they are, the staff expressed that it is inconvenient to disclose.