A zookeeper miraculously dodged death after a 16-foot crocodile attacked him in front of horrified tourists.<br /><br />Crocodile keeper Sean Le Clus was viciously attacked as he sat on the back of the 660kg beast before another attacked him as well.<br /><br />The 68-year-old suffered a terrifying bite from a female crocodile named July followed by a Nile crocodile named Hannibal at the Crocodile Creek farm in South Africa's KwaZulu Natal province.<br /><br />The handler, who has cared for Hannibal for more than 30 years, had to twist and push his way out of the beast's five-inch long teeth, which sank into his thigh.<br /><br />After turning his body over, the crocodile tossed him to the floor of the enclosure before escaping on all fours on September 10.<br /><br />Sean had just fed the female alligator a chicken to keep her in her spot while he performed his "party trick" of sitting on Hannibal's back for the crowd.<br /><br />He calls the giant carnivore a "good boy" as he pats it right on the back of the head, but is unaware that the female named July is suddenly heading towards him.<br /><br />At the last moment, he pulls his leg out of the female's jaws and dodges her with a stick as he dismounts the huge male for safety.<br /><br />But having diverted his attention from Hannibal, the 103 stone predator, he sees his fate and turns his head with gaping jaws.<br /><br />Sean, who had been bitten earlier by another crocodile and suffered a leg injury that left him limping for 11 months, jumped back in panic.<br /><br />He has previously said, "If a crocodile grabs you, it's game over."<br /><br />Dozens of tourists screamed in shock during the potentially deadly attack on the Crocodile Creek tourist attraction in South Africa.<br /><br />The popular reptile park on the Utongati River floodplain, just north of Durban, is home to 6,000 crocodiles, alligators and snakes.<br /><br />A Crocodile Creek spokesman told the South African newspaper: “Sean had two big holes in his teeth but he stitched them up himself and was back at work within 20 minutes.<br /><br />“It was the first time Hannibal had bitten a handler and it happened because the female got close to him and can be very finicky.<br /><br />“Sean was looking at the female and Hannibal just reminded him that he was there; if he had been a good bite, he would have been very bad.<br />
