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Wreaking havoc at the zoo

A seven-year-old Australian boy broke into an Australian zoo Friday, fed several animals to the zoo's 11-foot-long crocodile and bashed in the heads of three lizards with a rock, the director of the Alice Springs Reptile Centre told the New York Times.

The boy threw several animals, including the zoo's treasured 20-year-old goanna, a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, into the crocodile's pen, The Times reported.

After the 30-minute killing spree, the boy had murdered 13 animals worth approximately $5,500. Damages totaled at more than $72,000.

The boy's face was blank the entire time as if he was playing a game, the zoo's director told The Times.

-M.M.


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