Human aggressions by wild animals are rare but often dramatic. Among the animals that attack humans, the
crocodile is singled out by the impressive power of its jaws, which leave very little chance of survival to the victim it
manages to grasp. Crocodile bite lesions most often affect the limbs and trunk. Cephalic injuries are exceptional and
particularly serious because of the important infectious risks and their usualmortality. The authors report a case of craniocervico-
facial trauma due to a crocodile bite in a 16-year-old patient with deep soft tissue wounds associated with a
fracture of themandible. Emergencymanagement resultedina favorableoutcome. The reportof thiscase aims tohighlight
the clinical specificities and the modalities of management of this rare lesion entity in an under medicalized context.

Animal bites, crocodile, craniocervico- facial