When people visit the zoo, they frequently throw food at the caged animals for amusement, and as they eat, the visitors remember the experience. However, a strange incident was recorded at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Thibodaux, a 36-year-old alligator, suffered from a condition discovered by zoo experts. Following a regular examination by authorities last week, odd things were removed from the gator’s stomach.
They discovered a total of 70 coins ingested by the alligator. Zoo officials sighed with satisfaction when they disclosed that the coins had been safely removed and that the animal was unharmed.
A veterinarian, Dr. Christina Ploog, believed that the coins were presumably hurled into the alligator’s habitat by tourists.
Christina Ploog, an associate veterinarian at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium who performed the treatment, stated, “With the help of his training, Thibodaux was anesthetized and intubated to allow us to safely manage him during the procedure.”
“A plastic pipe was placed to protect his mouth and safely pass the tools used to access the coins, such as a camera that helped us guide the retrieval of these objects,” Ploog wrote on his Facebook page.
The removal was also confirmed via an X-ray examination.Thibodaux is currently in good health and in his natural habitat.
The Zoo advised its visitors not to throw coins into any bodies of water at the Zoo. Any loose change can be exchanged for a souvenir coin at one of the Zoo’s numerous ATMs or in our coin wishing well, which is located in the Desert Dome atrium.
