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7-Year-Old Sneaks in Australian Zoo, Feeds Rare Animals to Crocodile

A 7-year-old boy successfully snuck into an Australian outback zoo and fed a series of small animals to the zoo's resident crocodile. The boy's parents are now likely to be sued after police said that the child was too young to be held responsible.

The young boy fed one turtle, four western blue tongue lizards, two thorny devil lizards, two bearded dragons and an adult female Spencer's goanna to the three-foot, 440-lb. saltwater crococile named "Terry".

The feedings were captured on CCTV security camera video footage at the Alice Springs Reptile Center. The smiling youngster also bludgeoned to death two more thorny devil lizards and a small blue tongue lizard during his 30-minute morningtime havoc last Wednesday.

The reptile center's director, Rex Neindorf said "The fact a 7-year-old can wreak so much havoc in such a short time, it's unbelievable. In my day he'd get a big boot up the arse. Police found him, but in the Northern Territory here he can't be accountable if he's under 10 years of age."

According to Neindorf, many of the animals that were fed to the crocodile were rare or mature, and would be difficult to replace.

When questioned about the rampage, the boy reportedly "clammed up."

The zoo is now looking at suing the boy's parents.

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