‘It feels like death is certain’: lives and limbs lost to crocodile attacks on the banks of Kenya’s rising Lake Turkana

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Wildlife | The Guardian

Seven deaths and 15 injuries have been recorded in the past year as crocodiles move their habitats closer to human settlements Warning: contains graphic descriptions of crocodile attacksNg’ikalei Loito was walking out of the warm waters of Lake Turkana on a sunny afternoon, having just finished swimming with her two sisters-in-law, when she suddenly felt the crushing force of a crocodile’s bite on her legs.In excruciating pain, she instinctively clung to a partially submerged tree that was within reach and screamed for help, as the crocodile tried to drag her under the water.Ng’ikalei Loito sits on her tricycle outside her house in Kalokol town in Turkana Continue reading...