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Thief makes snappy getaway

Police in Norway are looking for a thief who walked unnoticed out of an aquarium carrying a crocodile. The stolen reptile, named Taggen, is a 2.3ft long smooth-fronted cayman, also known as Schneider’s dwarf cayman, reports the Independent.

Bergen aquarium director Kees Oscar Ekeli said: “I think whoever did this knew what they were doing. “It has a solid bite. Considering it is not bigger than it is, you could lose a few fingers, but no vital organs.”

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. The theft was immediately reported to the police and the aquarium is offering a £2,500 reward for anyone providing information leading to the recovery of the crocodile.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .