Saturday, February 09, 2008

Croc Update (Eye Surgery Edition)

winnipegsun.com - Winnipeg News - Rare surgery saves croc eye: "You don't need to shed any crocodile tears for Dirk -- the little guy is on the mend.

Dirk the crocodile will soon see things much clearer thanks to veterinary surgeons who performed a rare eye operation this week at the Assiniboine Park Zoo.

Doctors removed an ulcer from the 14-year-old African dwarf crocodile's cornea and stitched the reptile's third eyelid shut to protect the affected area from harm during the healing process."

2 comments:

Kent Morgan said...

You amaze me. I was going to send you this link and you already had it up on your site. I'm happy that the paper that I used to write a sports column for was able to add to your alligator/crocodile story collection

Unknown said...

We don't get a lot of croc stories from Canada.