Crocodile with ringing mobile phone inside constipated and unhappy

A crocodile named Gena at a Ukrainian zoo had to undergo surgery after eating an unusual lunch. The 14-year-old reptile swallowed a mobile telephone after a visitor dropped it into his cage. The woman tried ringing the phone in the hope this would make Gena cough it back up, but it only gave him a huge fright.

The zoo’s employees say that the crocodile is going through an enormously stressful time. The reptile barely moves, does not eat and has digestion problems. Luckily, other members of the crocodile family are very supportive of their leader. Zoo keepers thought Gena would lose the phone when nature took its course, but it seems the fright caused by the ringing has tensed him up too much.

They even tried to feed the reptile with laxative-stuffed partridges, but Gena turned away from his favourite meal. “We have ordered special transport to bring Gena to the vet,” the zoo administrators said. “We pray only that he survived the operation. We are so worried about him.”

Meanwhile, the owner of the mobile phone that caused such a stir told journalists that she does not care for the crocodile at all – the only thing she is interested in is getting her cell back, as it holds many memorable photographs. The woman added that she was not going to pay for the operation anyway, as she is, in fact, the victim.