What on Earth could cause this to happen?  This is the craziest thing I have ever heard of...





A one-year-old boy has been bitten 30 times by a group of more than a dozen other babies at a nursery in Croatia.

Frane Simic was covered in a series of deep bite wounds all over his body, including his face.


He was attacked after the class nanny stepped out of the room to change another baby's nappy.

Dr Sime Vuckov, head of the hospital in Rijeka which treated the boy, said: "Biting between young children is not uncommon.

"But I have never seen anything like this."

Police have launched an inquiry into the biting frenzy but admit they are clueless as to the babies' reasons for attacking.

Dr Vuckov warned that while the wounds were expected to heal, the trauma suffered by Frane may leave permanent mental scars on the boy and his parents.

He said: "Our psychologist has evaluated the boy and we will continue to monitor him and provide any type of assistance so that he can overcome the trauma as soon as possible."

Frane's father said he is considering suing the nanny in charge of the class.



Last Updated: 12:04 UK, Thursday October 23, 2003

Bizzar. Never heard of that babies biting each other.

Welcome to Central Europe! This is nothing compared to some of the stuff I hear about!!!

Ozzy

if you could see me, I'm sitting here shaking my head in disbelief! That is just weird! 

Very weird!

HOLY SH**!

Too strange for words.   

It's interesting.  My boy twin, Alexander, wouldn't bite a fly.  I sat there with my finger in his mouth and he just wouldn't do it.  His sister, Olivia, if different.  Any body part within six inches of her mouth is fair game as far as she is concerned.  We actually have to be careful when around her or get chomped.  Occasionally between 1 year and 18 months she would just haul off and bight her brother for no apparent reason.  She dropped it after a few months, but we really had to watch her.

The only thing I can think of is that it was a room full of biters and new babies love to copy things.  The will copy your actions, sounds, movements, everything.  Perhaps one bit, and the others wanted to see what the big deal was about.