Animal antics from around the world often make global news stories whether they are becoming extinct or being discovered, are displaying uncharacteristic behaviours for their species, or have simply baffled the scientific world.
With so much animal news today focusing on the devastating impacts that the encroachment of humans is having on numerous eco-systems around the world, we thought we would share some of the more unusual animal stories that have been globally publicised in the past couple of months.

Over in the Middle East, a 6ft long crocodile has been recaptured after escaping from a local zoo two years ago. After no sightings of him, waste-water workers discovered the crocodile in a sewer pit two months ago where he appeared to be very healthy and full of spirit. Named by locals as Rock, the rescue operation saw a team of six policemen and fisherman spend two weeks in a boat in the pit before they eventually drained it and were able to capture and return him to his enclosure in the zoo.

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