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| 5/27/2014

" It found a place where it could be fat and happy, and that's not a good sign."

-- Frank Mazzotti, a crocodile expert and professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Florida

An investigation into the mysterious appearance of an African crocodile in the Everglades has come up empty, with a DNA analysis failing to prove the formidable predator had escaped from the grounds of a nearby breeder.

The crocodile was captured in March after a long search, cornered and netted in a canal on the eastern edge of Everglades National Park.

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.

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