An alligator named Muja which arrived the Belgrade Zoo on the eve of the second World War is believed to be the oldest of its kind in captivity.
Muja is still in good health with a hearty appetite for his age, his handlers said last week Tuesday.
Generations of Belgraders and tourists have come to watch Muja, and though he rarely moves around much, he is still agile at feeding time – when he munches on rats and quails.
His age is actually beginning to show, as he sometimes misses the target when he snaps at his food.
So far Muja’s only health issue has been gangrene, which led to him having his front right claw amputated in 2012.
“He is well … and healthy, eats well and is in good form for his age, so we hope that he’ll remain that way for many years,” zoo director Srboljub Aleksic said.
Muja arrived from Germany in August 1937. An old newspaper clipping about his arrival at the zoo said that he was two years old at the time, putting him in his early 80s today.
He survived two carpet bombings of the Serbian capital – one by Germany in 1941 and the other by the Allies in 1944 – when all the official documentation about his transfer was lost.
Via Reuters
This is really a great alligator by surviving the carpet bombing of the Serbians
I use to like alligators until after I saw a video,where it killed a man, the alligator showed the man no mercy and it bit into the man and dragged him under the water, the man was shouting and heard struggling, later blood suspected to be the man’s floated and saturated the water
This is really amazing
This is really amazing……. the whites can keep history oooo
Hmmm! this alligator must be a genius
Wow unbelievable !!!
The age is really showing on it’s face……
What a history…..he’s quite old though…
Wow! Whites keep record of things which eventually be referred in the future…