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02-20-2011, 11:28 AM
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Robo Croc
March 2009: A 10-foot crocodile whose face was crushed by a car last year has undergone reconstructive surgery at a Florida zoo. The giant male predator, dubbed Robo Croc after the operation left it with a significant amount of metal dotted around its face, was close to death after having its head crushed by a car in the Florida Keys last year. Unable to move its jaw, the distressed animal had not eaten for three months. But Douglas Mader, of the Marathon Veterinary Hospital, has saved the reptile by reconstructing its face. Veterinarians placed two metal rods between its eyes, extending down to the bridge of its nose, and another on each side. Forty-one metal screws were drilled into its hide, keeping the skull and snout together. "RoboCroc is doing just fine," said Ron Magill, a spokesman for Miami Metrozoo. "We have a certain responsibility to our endangered, native species and it was either he die on the table today, or die a horrible, slow death," he told the Miami Herald. There has been reconstructive surgery undertaken on crocodiles before but not to this extent, according to the zoo's vets. Great job   ·  ·  ·  · |
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02-20-2011, 11:18 PM
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 My Rank: GUNNERY SERGEANT Poster Rank:693 female Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,249 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 18 Post(s) Thanked: 834 |
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Re: Robo Croc
people in detroit have just raised $50,000 to have a giant robocop statue built to 'guard the city' XD XD I FUCKING KID YOU NOT. Also ENDANGERED? That fucking gator, they are no where close to endangered anymore NO WHERE CLOSE. should have just put it down. fuck gators. |
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02-20-2011, 11:48 PM
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 Der übliche Verdächtige Poster Rank:971 Peckerwood Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 735 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 4 Post(s) Thanked: 344 |
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Re: Robo Croc
Florida can't be bothered to make sure children in foster homes aren't being abused, but they'll do this to save an animal that can legally be hunted and killed.
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I had that as my sig text a wee while back!
