A Sussex PE teacher phoned in sick to say he couldn't make it into school - because he'd been bitten by a crocodile.
Scott Brand, 21, phoned Cumnor House School in Haywards Heath to say he 'needed a few days off' after the croc sunk its teeth into his left arm while he was on holiday.
The reptile struck in his native Zimbabwe after he and his friends decided to go 'croc wrestling' in Lake Kariba, reports the Daily Mail.
He said: "Unfortunately I had also been sampling Africa's finest lager all afternoon, making our plans to wrestle with one of the water's most dangerous predators all the more tricky.
"I saw a four-foot long croc and just jumped in and grabbed it. It went nuts and was really going for me and it eventually got a hold of my left arm and bit down.
"It was bloody sore, but I got back on land and just poured some vodka over it and bandaged it up."
When Mr Brand got back to the UK, however, his left arm had swollen up and become infected and he was rushed to hospital for treatment.
Doctors at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead operated on the wound after discovering that blood poisoning was setting in and stitched the wound up.
He said school staff and pupils were "amazed" when he told them why he needed a few days off sick.
"Everyone at school, the headmaster, kids and other teachers, were shocked and couldn't believe I had been bitten by a crocodile. Everyone is calling me croc bait or Mick Dundee now," he said.
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