Posted on 12/26/2022 1:10:06 AM PST by robowombat
Published December 25, 2022 9:16pm EST Endangered Cuban crocodile found dead at National Zoo after apparently chewing on electric equipment There are only about 3,000 purebred Cuban crocodiles in the wild Paul Best | Fox News
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A critically endangered Cuban crocodile was found dead in its enclosure at the National Zoo on Dec. 17 after apparently chewing into electric equipment.
The crocodile, a 10-year-old male who was hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in 2012 as part of a breeding program, was "attracted to a replacement electrical outlet and attacked the electric infrastructure in the habitat."
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Clearly the new outlet didn’t have “ground fault interrupt” protection or it was improperly installed.
The Cuban crocodile didn’t kill himself
Maybe they shouldn't have disguised the outlet.
Wow, that croc really WAS endangered!
Oh well. Belts and handbags now.
Too bad the Cuban crocodile that runs Canada isn’t endangered.
Giving Granny a better chance with each one gone.
Crocodiles aren’t endangered.
A croc gets a taste of electricity and they’re “investigating the cause of death”... Just wow!
This is my birthday and this article gave me my first laugh.
When I worked in the CATV business I learned that animals liked to chew on electrical wires. Wires in the air attracted squirrels. Ground wires were gnawed on by many ground animals. In more rural areas it was a pain in the neck.
Interesting fact….squirrels with very thin tail hair have been ingesting wire covering/ insulators which have a high lead content. Over time it kills them.
The crocodile apparently never watched Jaws 2.
Ants are especially attracted to electrical equipment.
I hadn’t heard that. I know in the cities our cable boxes would come back full of roaches. They like the heat. When a truck brought back boxes, we would put them in a “gas chamber” before they were transferred to the warehouse.
There is nothing like turning on a cable box and seeing bugs blocking out the lights. Lol.
I knew a guy that repaired TVs in an urban area. He said that it was common for TVs to come in for repair that were infested with roaches. They left them outside and never fixed them, knowing that the owners would never come back for them anyway.
Do Cuban crocodile steaks taste spicier than American crocodile steaks?
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