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                <p>BRISBANE, Australia – Police say a fisherman was mauled by a 13-foot (four-meter) crocodile that tried to drag him into a creek in northeastern Australia.</p>
                <p>Queensland state police say the 28-year-old man managed to cling to mangroves on the creek bank until the attack ended on Wednesday near the Outback town of Weipa.</p>
                <p>The man was extensively lacerated and suffered dislocated bones, but his injuries are not life threatening. He was flown to a hospital in Cairns.</p>
                <p>Crocodiles are known to snatch humans and animals from banks.</p>
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