ILES Published December 25, 2022 9:16pm EST Endangered Cuban crocodile found dead at National Zoo after apparently chewing on electric equipment

Fox ^ | Dec 25, 2022 | Paul Best

[robowombat]

A real happy Christmas tale. Many more would be better.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I imagine Leroy Da'shawn Brown was out on work release cleaning the cage; after he toked up he forgot to unplug the sweeper. Poor crocodile. I wish it had been Leroy Da'shawn Brown instead.

[mad_as_he$$]

Clearly the new outlet didn’t have “ground fault interrupt” protection or it was improperly installed.

[bagster]

Now we know why they're endangered.

[teeman8r]

The Cuban crocodile didn’t kill himself

[Ezekiel]

The crocodile, a 10-year-old male who was... part of a breeding program, was "attracted to a replacement electrical outlet...

Maybe they shouldn't have disguised the outlet.

[Nervous Tick]

Wow, that croc really WAS endangered!

Oh well. Belts and handbags now.

[Fresh Wind]

Too bad the Cuban crocodile that runs Canada isn’t endangered.

[Lion Den Dan]

Giving Granny a better chance with each one gone.

[fso301]

Crocodiles aren’t endangered.

[Migraine]

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.

[Vermont Lt]

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.

[Marko413]

The crocodile apparently never watched Jaws 2.

[SgtHooper]

Ants are especially attracted to electrical equipment.

[Vermont Lt]

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.

[Fresh Wind]

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.

[Jeff Chandler]

Do Cuban crocodile steaks taste spicier than American crocodile steaks?