# Crocodile falls to earth in Russian nuclear town **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005 "2007-08-09T13:26:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/1 "2007-08-09T13:26:28Z")
Words truly, truly fail me. National Inquirer headlines are turning up in reputable news outlets [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070807/od\_afp/russiaanimaloffbeat\_070807194634](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070807/od_afp/russiaanimaloffbeat_070807194634) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/2 "2007-08-09T13:27:37Z")
The thing that gets me is that it wasn’t harmed by a fall from the 12th storey! > [@](#): > > Frightened passers-by called the emergency services and rescuers managed to lasso the stunned animal and take it to a shelter for stray pets. > > It was soon returned to its owner, unharmed apart from damage to one of its teeth, the official said. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/3 "2007-08-09T13:51:24Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] The thing that gets me is that it wasn’t harmed by a fall from the 12th storey! [/QUOTE] …but what did it think it was [doing…?](http://www.mentaljokes.com/images/hula_gator.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/4 "2007-08-09T14:04:24Z")
I think the Elton John tour might be missing a prop. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/5 "2007-08-09T14:06:17Z")
When will Peter Pan leave that poor crocodile alone? Trying to make it fly? Honestly, he needs to grow up! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/6 "2007-08-09T14:08:22Z")
Who would win in a fight? The Flying Croc or the 8 Foot Lego Man! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/7 "2007-08-09T14:15:26Z")
I wish the 8 foot Lego Man had caught the Flying Croc. That would have been so cool. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/8 "2007-08-09T14:17:03Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] …but what did it think it was [doing…?](http://www.mentaljokes.com/images/hula_gator.gif) [/QUOTE] It was a hazing ritual for Zeeba Zeeba Eata. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/9 "2007-08-09T14:17:11Z")
“Honey — I was playing catch with your pet crocodile and…well…did it look a little suicidal to you?” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/10 "2007-08-09T14:19:06Z")
Breeder reactors breed crocs. Who’d a thunk it. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/11 "2007-08-09T14:26:32Z")
See, people, this is what happens when the Weekly World News stops doing its job properly. Now all their headlines are escaping into reality. Before you know it, Hilary’s secret alien lover is going to fix the election. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/12 "2007-08-09T14:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] See, people, this is what happens when the Weekly World News stops doing its job properly. Now all their headlines are escaping into reality. Before you know it, Hilary’s secret alien lover is going to fix the election. [/QUOTE] I read the last work as “erection.” I’m still laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/13 "2007-08-09T14:34:31Z")
See, you all make light. You laugh. When battalions of Russian Soldiers on Flying Crocodiles invade, will you be laughing then? I think not. “Fell out of a window.” Sure. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/14 "2007-08-09T14:59:01Z")
The article says the crocodile was “leaning too far out of the window” as if it was just a normal day, croc nonchalantly standing there, leaning on the windowsill, watching the world go by… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/15 "2007-08-09T15:10:33Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] When battalions of Russian Soldiers on Flying Crocodiles invade, will you be laughing then? [/QUOTE] The [Lacoste Battalion](http://www.thisnext.com/media/160x160/C1ED04F4.jpg)…? “Fashionably dressed and ready for battle, these Spetznaz have a savvy sense of style…” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-falls-to-earth-in-russian-nuclear-town/415005/16 "2007-08-09T16:32:27Z")
In Russia, you put Crocs on _head_!