RoboCroc

A 10-foot crocodile whose face was crushed by a car last year has undergone reconstructive surgery at a Florida zoo.

The croc was close to death after having its head crushed by a car in the Florida Keys last year and hasn’t been able to move its jaws or eat for three months.

Douglas Mader, of the Marathon Veterinary Hospital, has saved the reptile by reconstructing its face! Vets placed two metal rods between its eyes, extending down to the bridge of its nose, and another on each side. Forty-one metal screws were drilled into its hide, keeping the skull and snout together.

The four-hour operation took place at Miami’s Metrozoo on Tuesday.

RoboCroc is doing just fine.

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