Brisbane, Australia - A man was bitten on the face by a crocodile when he accidentally collided with the reptile after diving through a wave at a surf beach in northeastern Australia.

Camper Matt Martin, 35, received more than 40 sutures to gashes around his left eye and cheek after the mishap on Tuesday last week off the remote tropical northeast coast.

Martin said he was in waist-deep water when he dived through a wave and into the crocodile.

"I thought I was dead," the construction worker from New South Wales said. "It was sort of like when you hit rocks but the rocks had give and movement in them," he added.

Martin, who is on a driving vacation across northern Australia, said his face was snapped before he hastily retreated to the beach. Martin said the crocodile did not mean him serious harm.

"He wasn't serious. He had all the cards and he played it soft," Martin said.
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wow that must of hurt, imagine going face first into some sharp rocks

OOps sorry wrong topic!

Ouch!!!!!!!! Bet it smarts.

first thoughts was why did he have his face near a croc's mouth....but now i get it