page_title: Wes Mannion
section_title: Incidents
hierarchical_section_title: Wes Mannion / Incidents
caption_attribution_description: English: Wes Mannion and Steve Irwin showing Wes's crocodile attack scar
context_page_description: Wes Mannion is an Australian television personality, best known from the series The Crocodile Hunter as Steve Irwin's best friend and director of Australia Zoo.
context_section_description: In 2001, Mannion was involved in a serious incident in which a captive Australian saltwater crocodile named Graham bit him on the thigh. Irwin, acting on instinct and training, subdued the crocodile with a wooden "safety stick" (a safety device located in all crocodile enclosures), allowing Mannion to escape.
caption: Irwin showing Mannions's scars from a crocodile attack
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