Photo: Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Veterinarians at a zoo in Nebraska removed a staggering 70 coins from the stomach of an alligator that managed to scarf down the change that had been tossed into its enclosure by wish-making patrons. Announcing the procedure on their Facebook page, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium explained that the peculiar predicament was discovered during a routine examination of the ten American alligators that call the facility home. While conducting the check-up, perturbed vets noticed several "metal foreign objects in the stomach" of a particularly popular leucistic alligator dubbed Thibodaux.
More on this wild story at the Coast to Coast AM website.