Zookeepers &#39;fish&#39; for 12-foot alligator
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The 12-foot, 1,000 pound alligator is the focus of an intensive hunting expedition after Hurricane Ivan&#39;s fury sent him swimming from his confines at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.
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Zookeepers across the country are Friday carrying out the challenging task of counting all their animals in a stock-taking exercise that will list every aardvark to zebra in their collection.
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A rare fossil from the age of the dinosaurs is shedding light on when the modern crocodile first evolved a skull strong enough to keep hold of its prey during the dismembering &#39;death roll&#39;.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - What do you do when a 1,250-pound crocodile turns into a diva? Take him away from his audience. Officials at the St. Augustine Farm and Zoological Park said Maximo has been refusing for about a month to cooperate for his daily feedings of guinea pigs and quail.
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Swimmers and surfers on a popular Venezuelan beach got a shock when a nearly 10-foot (three-meter) fresh-water crocodile surfaced in the Caribbean sea off the coast near Caracas, officials said on Wednesday.
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DARWIN, Australia - The skills of Crocodile Dundee were not needed. The reptile was placid and sick, but in the wrong place.  A three-foot saltwater crocodile ended up in a public swimming pool in the tropical Australian city of Darwin.
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By DAVID GREENWOOD  CONSERVATIONISTS are celebrating the end of a major operation to save rare fish found only in a North Wales lake from the jaws of its arch enemy.
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By Steve Waters, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 12--Capt. Alan Zaremba reported that fishing in South Florida canals has been "very, very good," with anglers catching a variety of nice fish.
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The small frogs that croaked in Diane Butler's backyard pond had been silenced and her goldfish were disappearing. She had the culprit, dead in a plastic bag inside her freezer. Butler's capture &#151; a 4 1/2-inch Cuban tree frog &#151; in coastal Savannah has caused a nervous stir among wildlife biologists in Georgia and Florida.
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A NORTHERN Territory ranger has raised the possibility that the menstrual cycle of a female German backpacker may have attracted the 4.6m crocodile that killed her in Kakadu National Park two years ago.
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Scientists have discovered a fish that imitates the extraterrestrial beast of the âAlienâ series: it possesses a second set of jaws.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS LOS ANGELES - A 6 1/2-foot alligator believed to be the elusive &quot;Reggie&quot; who lurked in a park lake for two years was captured Thursday in a wrestling match with a reptile expert and rangers.
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A prominent bushman says the crocodile that attacked two people at a far north Queensland campsite yesterday may have been fed in the past by other campers.
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For those who study crocodiles and alligators, the creatures offer nothing less than a view of a living dinosaur.
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Life & style: Animal rights campaigners are turning their attention to aquariums. Harry Pearson investigates.
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Milwaukee County Zoo workers are trying to help scientists slow the spread of a fungus that has killed millions of frogs and expunged species.
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The second that Jose Fernandez slips into the cypress-lined Everglades pond, a resident alligator slices across the green, glassy water to confront him.