From Wired:
Australian for 'Pickled Long Pig'
Boozing it up in Australia can have a deadly side effect: It can dramatically boost your chances of being attacked by a saltwater crocodile. Nearly a third of all individuals attacked by "salties" between 1971 and 2004 had been drinking, according to a study published in Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. It's not that the crocs -- whose numbers have boomed from 3,000 to 75,000 since the species gained governmental protection in the 1970s -- suddenly developed a taste for internally marinated humans. Instead, it's alcohol's charming effect on the human brain that's to blame, according to Charlie Manolis, one of the study's authors. "Sometimes when people do drink they throw caution to the wind," Manolis told AFP. No kidding.