Monday, March 31, 2008

How?

I sincerely hope this isn’t going to be like Sean Hannity’s radio call-in screener. She, if I remember correctly took the live lobster that Hannity had sent as a “Lobster gram”, a lobster meant to be cooked, and set it free in a freshwater pond near her home. Lobster’s are, of course salt water creatures and will die in fresh water. But in her vegan state, she was not cognizant of this fact.

Crocodile stolen from Norway aquarium

The stolen reptile, named "Taggen" (Spike), is a 70 centimetres (2.3 feet) long smooth-fronted caiman also known as Schneider's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus Trigonatus).

It is normally found in much warmer habitats in South America and is one of the world's smallest species of crocodile.

Ekeli feared that the four-year-old would have poor chances of surviving outside its habitat in the aquarium, and said it would probably die from stress.


And just how the heck do you walk out of an aquarium with a 2.3 foot long croc? Do you wrap it up like a sub sandwich? Drop it nose first into a large umbrella? Roll it up in a copy of your daily newspaper? Use a special pocket in the lining of your trench coat? Slide it down your pant leg? (THAT’S a risky thought!)

(Stray thought: “Are you happy to see me or is that a caiman in your pocket?”

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