Heroic Mum, Rescues 3 Year-Old Son From Crocodile’s Killer Grips

Maurina Musisinyana, 30, is not just a courageous mother, but a heroic woman who merits a place in the Guinness Book of Records, for her feat.

She has told of how she rose to a challenge, daunting enough to make other women flee in fright – wrestling her three old son from the jaws of a crocodile,

Maurina, reports the Zimbabwean Sun, performed the feat by shoving her fingers into the nostrils of the dreaded creature.

 From the southeastern town of Chiredzi, she was fishing on the banks of the Runde River when she heard a scream from one of her two sons, who had been playing nearby.

 Maurina Musisinyana, raced to the spot after she saw son Gideon being dragged into the water by the Nile crocodile.

In a reflex with the speed of lightening, she remembered hearing that the best way to weaken a crocodile was to press its nose to suffocate it.

She raced over the creature and was able to cover the croc’s nostrils while, with her other arm, pulling her son’s head from its jaws.

After releasing the boy, the animal bit Maurina on the hand before letting go of her and retreating back to the water.

Both mother and son were rushed to hospital, with Gideon bleeding profusely from his wounds.

According to the Sun report, the  cuts to his face were also making it difficult for him to breathe, but doctors said he has responded well to treatment.

 “I still do not believe that I rescued my son”, Maurina was quoted as saying while speaking to ZBS.

The report added that Maurina’s approach to fighting off the croc was well grounded, as, when on land, the Nile crocodile breaths chiefly with is mouth.

“When it is even partially submerged in water, a valve in its throat closes and it needs its nostrils to breathe”.

The incident is just the latest of many attacks on people fishing or trying to cross the Runde , believed to be heavily-populated by the crocodiles

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Its main food is fish, but it commonly attacks mammals, like zebras or hippos, that come near the water to drink.

The Nile croc is known to grow to as much as 20 feet in length and 1,650 pounds in weight, added the report.