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There are currently 24 widely-recognised species of crocodilians, with a few new ones to be added once they're formally described. Only a minority of these are considered dangerous to humans. Even then, most interactions between crocodiles and humans are non-eventful.
However, several hundred attacks (or bite incidents) on humans by crocodilians are reported annually, both non-fatal and fatal. Non-fatal attacks may also be debilitating. This "human-crocodile conflict" (HCC) is increasing each year as crocodile populations recover from decades of overhunting, and human populations continue to grow and encroach upon crocodile habitat. This competition for resources between crocodiles and humans is of serious conservation concern. Conservationists increasingly talk about "h
CrocBITE, the Worldwide Crocodilian Attack Database is an ongoing attempt to compile all reported attacks by any crocodilian species on a human, the purpose of which is to better understand risk factors leading to such attacks and ultimately help to improve human safety and, as a consequence, crocodilian conservation. Although this is an ongoing and regularly updated project, attack reporting and record-keeping is highly variable across many different countries, and hence the database does not pretend to be
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