Crocodile Surgery

The National Zoo's 8-foot Cuban crocodile, injured in a fight, has surgery to repair her jaw.

Weak and unable to eat properly for three years after losing its lower jaw in a fight with other crocodiles, a female 'mugger' at the corporation zoo now has a ray of hope with efforts being made to reconstruct the lower portion of its mouth.

The National Zoo's 8-foot Cuban crocodile, injured in a fight, has surgery to repair her jaw.

Weak and unable to eat properly for three years after losing its lower jaw in a fight with other crocodiles, a female 'mugger' at the corporation zoo now has a ray of hope with efforts being made to reconstruct the lower portion of its mouth.