Crocodile falls 12 floors in escape bid

[BERIGAN]

Crocodile falls 12 floors in escape bid

Wed Aug 8, 2007 9:23AM EDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A crocodile survived a fall from the 12th floor of a Russian apartment block after making an escape bid through a window, emergency services said on Wednesday.

Diving out of the window has become a habit for the crocodile, called Khenar, with concerned neighbors saying it was the third time he had used that method to flee, Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported.

The crocodile lost one tooth in the latest fall but was otherwise unscathed, said a spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry in the Nizhny Novgorod region of central Russia.

"It seems the owner was not at home when the crocodile came out of the window," she said.

Emergency services put the crocodile in a local aquarium to recover from his fall. Within a few hours his concerned owner came to pick him up and the crocodile was last seen lying on the back seat of his owner's car.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...08?feedType=RSS

Edited August 13, 2007 by BERIGAN

[MoGrubb]

That's one tuff hombre.

Wonder why anybody would have a crocodile for a pet, and in Moscow?

[king ubu]

Because I guess very few Russians have very much more money than they can use... that's democracy Putin's way, with his Putin youth and other infiltration...

[7/4]

That's one tuff hombre.

Wonder why anybody would have a crocodile for a pet, and in Moscow?

Hell, I keep one in the tub. Doesn't everybody?

[Brownian Motion]

12 stories? Three times? Croc of shit.

[MoGrubb]

12 stories? Three times? Croc of shit.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

12 stories? Three times? Croc of shit.

What's wrong with that? After all, the first part of the escape plan worked well, so why not try it again? And again? Bet he goes for #4 soon as his owner's back's turned again. Perhaps he should head off in a different direction once he gets to street level.

MG

[Man with the Golden Arm]

surprised he didn't take the allivator?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

surprised he didn't take the allivator?

Groan - feed that man to an irritated crocodile.

MG

[kh1958]

I thought this was a thread about Karl Rove.

[MoGrubb]

surprised he didn't take the allivator?

Groan - feed that man to an irritated crocodile.

MG

After while Crocodile.

[AndrewHill]

Howz about locking the window next time?