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A wildlife sanctuary worker has been bitten by a crocodile during a feeding demonstration in North Queensland.
The 25-year-old ranger was conducting a feeding show at about 3.30pm yesterday when he was bitten on his right hand.
The two-metre crocodile, called Junior, jumped and caught the end of the employee's middle finger, according to the sanctuary's owner, Bob Flemming.
"The ranger was not inside the enclosure but in the airlock adjacent to the enclosure where feeding takes place," he said in a social media post.
Flemming stressed it was a "minor incident" and "not a crocodile attack".
"Jumping to be fed is the normal routine for feeding this crocodile and the incident was purely a consequence of bad timing," he said.
"There will be a thorough investigation into the incident.
"We all wish the ranger a complete and speedy recovery."
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Flemming said there would be no ramifications for Junior.
Queensland Ambulance Senior Operations Supervisor, David Cole, said sanctuary staff rendered first aid at the scene.
The ranger, aged in his mid-20s was transported to Townsville University Hospital in a stable condition.
"In addition to first aid, cleaning and dressing the wound, he was provided with some analgesia, as he described himself to be in a significant amount of pain," Cole said.
"That analgesia was effective and the rest of the treatment revolved around psychological reassurance and just assuring him that he was going to have a great story to tell his friends in the years to come.
"Very lucky young man."