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A young UK woman has described the moment she was attacked by a crocodile in Zambia, saying she had "fully accepted" she was going to lose her foot.

Amelie Osborn-Smith, 18, was white water rafting on the Zambezi River with some friends last week when the crocodile bit down on her leg and tried to drag her into the water.

Ms Osborn-Smith and her friends were able to drive it off and she received first aid before being evacuated to Medland Hospital in the Zambian capital of Lusaka.

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It was at first feared she would lose her right foot, but doctors were able to save it.

The hospital posted a video on its Facebook page, showing Ms Osborn-Smith speaking with Dr Mohamed El Sahili about the attack.

"You don't really think in that situation," she said.

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"People say you see your life flash before your eyes, but you don't. You just think how to get out of that situation."

Ms Osborn-Smith said she had been "very lucky" to escape and urged other would-be adventurers not to be put off by her experience.

"I think, especially now I've seen that your life can be over so quickly, I just think – do it while you can and don't let one incident hold you back," she said.

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She also spoke about her relief that she would be able to walk again on her right foot.

"When the accident happened, I fully accepted that I was going to lose my foot," she said.

"And then I was told my foot is going to be fine and I was going to be able to walk on it, which was such a relief."

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Ms Osborn-Smith's grandmother has been at her bedside since the teen arrived at the hospital, sleeping on a foldout chair.

She said she was "grateful" to be allowed to stay – a compassionate exemption of the hospital's COVID-19 rules – as Ms Osborn-Smith had suffered "terrible dreams" and "flashbacks" of the attack in the first few nights.

Ms Osborn-Smith is set to return to the UK this week.