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Crocodile flees restaurant for artificial lake

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-12 09:07

A crocodile that escaped from a restaurant and lived in an artificial lake was re-captured by six experts in Foshan, Guangdong province.

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It took the experts several hours to capture the fierce crocodile on Tuesday afternoon with a net.

The property management company invited the experts to help out.

The 130-cm-long crocodile have scared many residents who screamed out when they saw it. It's unclear how the crocodile got out of the restaurant.

(Information Times)