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Not the human kind but the real deal... From The Telegraph: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nati...r-1226316880761 Woman saved by cruise ship passenger after croc latches onto her legs By Lisa Quartermain PerthNow April 03, 2012 11:19AM Tara Hawkes suffered severe lacererations and puncture wounds. Picture: Facebook Source: PerthNow A YOUNG woman is recovering in hospital after being bitten on the legs by a saltwater crocodile while swimming from a luxury boat in the Kimberley. A passenger is believed to have pulled Tara Hawkes to safety as she was being attacked just metres from the cruise ship True North. Ms Hawkes, 23, formerly of Busselton, was paddling at Dugong Bay when a 2m crocodile latched on to her legs. Ms Hawkes, an employee of the True North, was pulled back on to the vessel and flown by helicopter to a hospital in Derby. True North has its own helicopter and landing pad. Miss Hawkes suffered lacerations and puncture wounds to her upper legs and is in a stable condition. It is believed she needs further treatment and will be transferred to another hospital by plane. The attack came just two days after father Peter Kurmann was killed by a shark on the same stretch of wA coastline. Dugong Bay is south of Talbot Bay and near Horizontal Falls, near Derby. True North - popular with wealthy tourists and WA locals - was the cruise ship used by American model Jerry Hall and her Perth-based boyfriend Warwick Hemsley on a recent trip to the Kimberley. Ms Hawkes posted pictures of True North on her Facebook page. The vessel, which can carry 36 passengers and has 20 staff, was purpose-built to access remote wilderness areas. Passengers pay thousands a day for a berth - a seven-night Kimberley adventure costs $9000-$14,000 a person. The ship is due to take passengers from Wyndham to the King George Falls this weekend.

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