Croc Survives 12th Floor Fall

A crocodile that jumped from the 12th floor of an apartment block has survived the fall, suffering only a broken tooth.
Worried neighbours said the pet croc, named Khenar, had a history of making the death-defying leap.

Caiman crocodiles are kept as petsHe has survived three previous attempts to escape through the window, they claimed.





A spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry in the Nizhny Novgorod region of central Russia said the crocodile had been left unattended at the time of the fall.

"It seems the owner was not at home when the crocodile came out of the window," she said.

She added that the Caiman crocodile had lost one tooth but was otherwise unscathed.

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Emergency services put the crocodile in a local aquarium to recover from his fall, but within a few hours his concerned owner came to pick him up.

The owner told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that he had left Khenar home alone only for a couple of hours.

He added that in the hot weather, Khenar had probably stuck his head out of the balcony to breathe some fresh air, but leaned out too far.

The crocodile was taken away and was last seen lying on the back seat of his owner's car.

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