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Anuket the crocodile is saved by surgeons at Florida animal park after it swallowed a SNEAKER
A 10.5-foot Nile crocodile ate a shoe that fell from a man riding a zip line at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
The 341-pound reptile was witnessed initially spitting out the shoe before again deciding to eat it
Brave vet at the Jacksonville sanctuary put his whole arm inside the crocodile s mouth in bid to retrieve item but couldn t reach it
The reptile underwent surgery at University of Florida Veterinary Hospital to remove blockage
She would have died either due to rupture of the stomach or starvation, which would be a long and painful death, doctor says
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UF veterinarians remove zipliner’s shoe from stomach of St. Augustine Farm crocodile
10.5-foot, 341-pound reptile bit off more than she could chew
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Dr. Garrett Fraess attempts to remove a shoe by accessing it via the crocodile s esophagus. (University of Florida)
It’s not hard to find an alligator on the University of Florida campus, but it’s not every day you see a crocodile there.
Earlier this month, a 10.5-foot Nile crocodile from the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park stopped by the UF Veterinary Hospitals to have a shoe removed from her stomach.
The crocodile, named Anuket, swallowed the sneaker in December when it fell off a zipliner at the Alligator Farm and into the reptile’s habitat. The 341-pound crocodile was seen eating the shoe and regurgitating it before gobbling it back up.
UF vets pull shoe from gut of 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile
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UF vets pull shoe from gut of 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile
A 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile went under the knife after eating a shoe that fell off a person who was ziplining over it. Staff at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine took on the task of removing the shoe.
LAKE MARY, Fla. - This is one patient you definitely want under well-supervised anesthesia.
Staff at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine took on the task of removing a shoe from the gut of a 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile, named Anuket.