Horrifying moment! Huge crocodile bites trainer’s arm during performance in Thailand

Life is a struggle.

A crocodile tamer in Chiang Rai, the northern part of Thailand, was bitten by a crocodile when performing putting his hand in the animal's mouth on Sunday afternoon.

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The 45-year-old trainer, Tao performed in a zoo with a crocodile whose mouth had been wide open. As he began putting his arm in its mouth, it was indifferent initially until when his arm got deeper down to the crocodile's throat, it turned angry suddenly.

The crocodile struck the trainer, chomping his arm and clamping its teeth into the man’s forearm before he tried to shake it off. What's more extremely horrifying Tao let out an agonizing howl before being freed. He staggered away with blood dripping on the wet tiles.

The astonishing scene was captured by Khun Phusawit, a 35-year-old spectator, who had been visiting the park to watch the performance with his wife and two children, whereas saw Tao’s injury.

He said that everybody was shocked when the attack happened, especially the kids who appeared to be so scared.

The zoo curator said that Tao was not required to be sent to the hospital, and there was no problem after he received treatments. He said that Tao is a person who loves crocodiles so much and will come back after two weeks of recuperation.

Communities across parts of Asia marked traditional new years and spring harvests with traditions shaped by faith and spring harvests.

In Cambodia, farmers gathered to receive a blessing of holy water from a monk during the Khmer New Year, as they enjoy the fruits of their labor before the rainy season begins.

In Bangladesh, the streets filled with color for Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali New Year, where processions and music signaled a new beginning. At dawn in British-era Ramna Park, an annual concert opened with morning ragas. Later, students at University of Dhaka led a procession with colorful banners and sculptures marked with folk motifs.

The festival traces its roots to reforms under Mughal Emperor Akbar, who aligned the calendar with the agricultural cycle. Over time, it has come to embody spring harvest and Bangladesh’s distinctly secular cultural inheritance.

Meanwhile across India and Pakistan, Sikhs marked the festival of Vaisakhi with hymns and music, offering thanks for the harvest and prayers for abundance in the year ahead. The festival comes at the start of the second month of the Sikh year.

In Pakistan, thousands gathered at Sikh temples to mark the occasion, including more than 2,000 Indian pilgrims at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal, in the country's eastern Punjab province. The pilgrims traveled from neighboring India to Pakistan despite ongoing tensions between them, underscoring their shared faith.

Similar scenes played out in India’s northeastern state of Assam as people marked Bihu, the harvest festival that ushers in a new season. Celebrated with rhythmic drumming and spirited dance, it marked the start of the agricultural cycle.

In Thailand, the arrival of Thai New Year was marked by the Songkran festival, where the ritual splashing of water symbolizes purification and the promise of good fortune. In modern times, it's also marked by thousands of people gathering for public water fights, popular with tourists, as temperatures creep over 37 degrees (98.6 F).

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This story has been corrected to clarify that the festival of Vaisakhi marks the second month of the Sikh year, not the beginning of the year.