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SAVAGED BY A SLOTH BEAR   

Farmer who fought terrifying three-hour battle with clawed beast astonishes medics by surviving MASSIVE head injuries caused in the attack  Miraculous mushroom grower staggers nearly three miles with face hanging off to get help
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26th August 2016, 11:26 am

[b]A FARMER has somehow survived horrific head injuries he suffered from a terrifying three-hour bear mauling. [/b]
Miracle man Jube Valanti Adveppache, 58, had his face ripped open by the clawedbeast but managed to stagger for miles to seek medical help.

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CESurvivor … Brave Jube Valanti Adveppache managed to stumble to safety after the three-hour mauling

The mushroom grower was working his fields in southern India when a vicious sloth bear — which is known for its aggression — attacked without warning.
Jube later told police how the animal kept up its vicious assault for THREE gruelling hours.The 130kg monster kept breaking off its attack before striking again in a torturous rampage.

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Agressive … Sloth bears are known for their viciousness and have killed dozens in recent years
When it thought Jube was dead it moved off into the dense forests around Haliyal in Karnataka State.
Brave Jube then managed to stagger nearly three miles while suffering from heavy bleeding to get to his village, he told officials.
Doctors have described Jube’s speedy recovery as astonishing.

He has been moved from an intensive care unit to a regular hospital to continue his recovery.
Pictures show the extent of his wounds, with huge gashes across his face and a heavily swollen right eye.

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Despite their comic appearance, sloth bears have been known to kill and even eat people
Sloth bears are native to the Indian subcontinent.
They have been responsible for the deaths of dozens of people in recent years as humans increasingly encroach on their natural habitat.
Just yesterday two people were mauled to death in Chhattisgarh province by the massive creature.

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