A routine cleaning job at the Bronx Zoo turned into a terrifying close call Sunday when a worker slipped inside an animal enclosure and was bitten on the arm by a crocodile-like reptile.

The shocking incident happened around 2:30 p.m. while the 38-year-old zoo keeper was cleaning an enclosure that houses a tomistoma, a member of the crocodile family also known as a Malayan gharial.

According to police, officers rushed to the famed New York City zoo after a 911 call reported a crocodile bite. When they arrived, they found the worker had been bitten on the left arm.

Thankfully, the frightening encounter was not as gruesome as it could have been.

The worker was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and was listed in stable condition, police said. Bronx Zoo officials later said the injury was minor and did not require stitches.

“The keeper was cleaning an enclosure and after slipping, a small tomistoma nipped at the left forearm of the keeper,” a zoo representative said in a statement. “The keeper was treated at a local hospital and released for a minor wound which did not need stitches.”

The employee is expected to recover — and keep both his arm and his job.

Police from the 52nd Precinct are investigating the bizarre mishap.

The Bronx Zoo, one of the most famous zoos in the country, has seen its share of wild moments over the years.

In 2023, a peacock reportedly made a break for it and caused chaos in the Bronx after escaping the zoo.

But one of the park’s most horrifying incidents came in 2012, when a visitor jumped from the monorail into a Siberian tiger enclosure and was mauled by the 400-pound big cat.

Sunday’s bite was far less serious, but it was still a jolting reminder that even behind zoo walls, wild animals can be dangerously unpredictable.