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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
    MEGA476488_003.jpg
  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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