Oral Surgeon

Elizabeth Starrels sat in the examining chair of a Washington ear, nose and throat specialist in October 2012, weeping in frustration and pain.

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.

Elizabeth Starrels sat in the examining chair of a Washington ear, nose and throat specialist in October 2012, weeping in frustration and pain.

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.