"She was always very still we all waited for her to move to see if it was a real one. Apparently she had a pool outside but prefer to be inside. First croc we saw in our lives." - Contributor's note.
Charlie the Crocodile at the North New Brighton Zoo on Beach Rd. November 1986.
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