MOSCOW (Reuters) - A crocodile survived a fall from the 12th
floor of a Russian apartment block after making an escape bid
through a window, emergency services said on Wednesday.
Diving out of the window has become a habit for the crocodile,
called Khenar, with concerned neighbors saying it was the third
time he had used that method to flee, Moskovsky Komsomolets daily
reported.
The crocodile lost one tooth in the latest fall but was otherwise
unscathed, said a spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry in the
Nizhny Novgorod region of central Russia.
"It seems the owner was not at home when the crocodile came out of
the window," she said.
Emergency services put the crocodile in a local aquarium to recover
from his fall. Within a few hours his concerned owner came to pick
him up and the crocodile was last seen lying on the back seat of
his owner's car.
source