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Fears for survival of Gaddafi (the crocodile)

August 25, 2011 13:43
No word yet on Assad the alligator

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

The fall of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi has had an unexpected impact on one Israeli reptile.

As the world waits to find out where the dictator will surface, a crocodile who shares his name looks set to adopt a new moniker.

The sharp-toothed Gaddafi crocodile, three metres long and weighing in at 230 kilograms, was born in 1975 and lives on the Hamat Gader farm in the Golan Heights.

The croc was given the unusual name because it was the year the human Gaddafi published his Green Book, a political manifesto. At the time, he had been in power for six years.