Crocodile Steals Zoo Worker's Lawn Mower

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SYDNEY - A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis with an apparent affinity for household machinery charged at an Australian reptile park worker Wednesday before stealing his lawn mower.

Tim Faulkner, operations manager at the Australian Reptile Park, north of Sydney, was one of three workers tending to the lawn in Elvis' enclosure when he heard reptile keeper Billy Collett yelp. Faulkner looked up to see the 16-foot, 1,100-pound crocodile lunging out of its lagoon at Collett, who warded the creature off with his mower.

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Crocodile Steals Zoo Worker's Lawn Mower

"Before we knew it, the croc had the mower above his head," Faulkner said. "He got his jaws around the top of the...

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