The battle with fellow humans caused an Indian zoo crocodile to break his jaw bone and learn to live with the lower jaw.
The crocodile unfortunately broke the jaw bone.(Photo: Mirror).
The staff at Vandaloor Zoo in Chennai, India, shared a photo of a disfigured crocodile after a battle with a fellow man, making it look like he was half-smiling when he opened his mouth, Mirror said yesterday. believe. The crocodile was moved to a separate barn, but the scars from the battle were still visible on its body.
"The crocodile was extremely painful. We had to tie the brush to the head of a pole to clean the wound for it. We used poultice and antibiotics but could not find a way to bandage it. Wounds need at least 1.5 months to heal completely, " said Sridhar, the veterinarian at the zoo.
Since the intense clash, the crocodile has adapted to life with only half of its jaws."At first, he could not eat normally for a month. We had to give him finely chopped meat, not a large piece of meat as usual. Gradually, he learned how to get used to it and now he is very comfortable and happy. looks, " Sridhar said.
