Posted on 02/19/2024 6:59:23 PM PST by Red Badger
Thibodaux. a 36-year-old white alligator, had 70 coins removed from his stomach
An alligator at a US zoo had to undergo surgery after veterinarians discovered 70 coins in the animal's stomach.
The coins were found in a rare, 36-year-old leucistic alligator, which has translucent white skin and blue eyes.
Veterinarians identified "metal foreign objects in the stomach of an iconic resident" - Thibodaux. The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska said patrons threw coins into the enclosure, which were eaten by the animal between cleanings.
He has recovered from the procedure and is back in his habitat.
The zoo urged visitors to avoid throwing "coins into any bodies of water at the zoo", after the sizeable amount of change was pulled from the animal's stomach.
All 10 alligators - including Thibodaux - participated in a routine examination which involved blood collection, radiographs and more.
When zoo workers discovered the coins, they acted fast and performed surgery on Thursday, removing the coins from Thibodaux "before they caused any problems".
"With the help of his training, Thibodaux was anesthetized and intubated to allow us to safely manage him during the procedure," associate veterinarian Christina Ploog, who led the procedure, said in a statement.
"A plastic pipe was placed to protect his mouth and safely pass the tools used to access the coins, such as a camera that helped us guide the retrieval of these objects."
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Supremacy foiled by redistribution of the wealth.
Why are people so stupid?.........................
why is the alligator so stupid?
What’s going to change? People will just keep on throwing coins and the gators will just keep on eating the coins.
A tall plexiglass wall may need to be built to separate the reptiles from the people. Build the wall!
The White alligator in the Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans is behind a plexiglass wall.............
Oh! And here I thought I was the first to come up with that idea!
Alligator will rest with their mouths open to help regulate their temperature, and people throw coins in their open mouths.............
At BassPro there’s a sign telling people not to throw objects into the alligator’s enclosure.
So, a year and a half ago, The Boy and I are spending a few days in “The Vacation Capital of the World” Fargo North Dakota.
We paid a visit to the world wide famous/ regional/statewide/neighborhood (nuisance) Fargo Zoo.
Well, folks, The Boy threw a snowball at a ram.
To hear him tell it, I did it first and then hectored him into doing it too, even going so far as to call his manhood into question and berated him with a bunch of homo-phobic slurs. I don’t recall if that’s accurate or not, all though it’s possible, I’ve done much worse.
Long and short, we’re banned from the Fargo Zoo, it wasn’t that great anyways.
Alligator is what poor people buy.
We’re a Crocodile family.
Did they have a Wood Chipper exhibit?....................
Ours has fish. It was open at the top until that idiot in Alabama dived into a tank at their store. Now it has a cover.................
Next time, live really dangerous and jump into the tiger enclosure.
They guy who was missing a certain body part?
His name should be Thibodough.
👍........................
The cops got him....................
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