INQUIRER.net: Air Force flies injured crocodile to capital for surgery at QC park

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Air Force flies injured crocodile to capital for surgery at QC park Jan 5th 2013, 16:55 MANILA, Philippines—A 10-foot crocodile with a wide gash near its belly was flown from its home in Indanan, Sulu, to Manila aboard a C-130 Philippine Air Force cargo plane to be treated for its injury.   The male saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), measuring 10.7 feet and about 15-20 years old, required a dozen men to lift it on to the operating table at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Rescue Center in Quezon City where it was taken.   The Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) said the croc was caught by two fishermen in the Suba Datu river in the village of Buansa on Nov. 16.   One of th... Keep on reading: Air Force flies injured crocodile to capital for surgery at QC park Media files: denr-logo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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