Mother saves son from crocodile attack in Costa Rica - Xinhua

Mother saves son from crocodile attack in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A five-year-old Costa Rican boy was saved from the jaws of a crocodile by his mother, local media reported Saturday.

The boy, Kenner Gutierrez Navarro, was attacked on Friday afternoon outside his house near the Tortuguero National Park in the coastal province of Limon, said La Nacio daily.

His mother, Teresa Navarro, heard the boy's cries as he was being dragged by the crocodile toward the Parismina River. She rushed outside and fought with the crocodile until it released the child, who had bite wounds to the arm, leg and back.

The mother addressed the boy's wounds at home before rushing him to the provincial capital of Guacimo for treatment. Although it took over 90 minutes to reach a hospital in Guacimo, the boy is now in stable condition.

According to studies carried out by the National University of Costa Rica, the country's crocodile population has tripled in the last 15 years and 13 people have lost their lives in crocodile attacks.

哥斯达黎加“大力母亲”鳄口夺子

新华网圣何塞８月８日电（记者党琦　王沛）哥斯达黎加《民族报》８日报道，家住哥东北部托尔图格罗国家公园附近的一名５岁男童７日在自家后院被鳄鱼咬住拖行，其母拼尽全身力气，将儿子从鳄口救出。

这位名叫特雷萨·纳瓦罗的母亲说，７日下午４时左右，５岁的儿子肯纳·古铁雷斯·纳瓦罗刚从自家后门探出身子，一只体型巨大的鳄鱼即向其发动攻击。听见儿子大声喊叫，她赶紧跑过去，看见鳄鱼正咬住儿子的右臂和右腿，拖着他朝屋后的河里爬去。

特雷萨用尽全力从鳄口夺下儿子后，立刻奔进家门给孩子止血，然后送医。肯纳双腿、双手和臀部均被咬伤，但神志清醒，目前在东部利蒙省瓜皮莱斯医院住院，恢复情况良好。

哥斯达黎加正值雨季。特雷萨说，６日暴雨后她家被淹，涨水导致鳄鱼爬至民居附近。

每年八九月正值鳄鱼繁殖期，最强壮的雄性鳄鱼会逼迫领地内其他雄性鳄鱼离开栖息地。去年９月，在哥斯达黎加西部克波斯市，就有一只２.５米长的鳄鱼出现在一所学校附近，引发市民报警。

哥斯达黎加大学研究显示，如今哥境内鳄鱼数量约为１５年前的３倍。哥西部塔尔克莱斯河更是一条名副其实的“鳄鱼河”，是世界上野生鳄鱼最密集的河流之一。在河流靠近太平洋入海口的２５公里，生活着大约２０００只野生美洲鳄，平均每公里８０只，其中不乏身长达５米的巨鳄。

(Note: The above is the same story reported in English and Chinese respectively, and is not literal translation.)