A surgical plate has been found in the stomach of a 15-foot Australian crocodile
The saltwater crocodile, named M.J., died in June at the Koorana Crocodile Farm near Rockhampton, Queensland, in the country's northeast.The orthopedic plate was discovered inside the beast's gut, along with various stones used to help grind up food, during an examination into its death. "Strange things turn up in crocodile stomachs all the time," farm owner John Lever told CNN affiliate 7 News.
" Lever was uncertain whether the plate came from a human or animal.Read More"The crocodile, it's eaten something with a plate in it so it's either a human or a pet -- and I presume with a plate that size it would be a dog," he said.The plate was found among stones inside the crocodile's stomach.The crocodile, which was up to 70 years old, had lived at the farm for six years. It was purchased from a nearby farm that caught it in the wild.
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