Tourists threw rocks at a large saltwater crocodile in south-eastern China, believing it wasn't real, and leaving it with bleeding injuries.<br /><br />In the video, filmed in a zoo in Xiamen City in southwestern Fujian Province on October 31st, the 37-year-old male saltwater crocodile named Xiao He is seen bleeding from wounds to his head and foot, before being treated for these injuries.<br /><br />Xiao He is 5.8-metres long and weighs in at 1250-kilograms but was struck and wounded by rocks thrown at him from a family of tourists.<br /><br />Since Xiao He did not move in his enclosure, it is believed the family members suspected that he was a model and tried to verify this by throwing rocks at him. The family stopped and left after Xiao He's head started to bleed. <br /><br />As saltwater crocodiles are endangered, the tourist culprits technically broke the law.<br /><br />Police have received a report from the zoo and they are searching for the culprits now, however since the zoo was still in a trial run and had not installed security cameras, it has made tracking difficult.
