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Hey, there’s a croc in the barn!

AJMAN — This was one visitor Fouad Al Saadi, a UAE national, was not very keen to have at home.

Everyone in Mushairif area had been talking about a crocodile in the area for a few days now. There had also been a hint of panic in people’s faces. When Al Saadi and his father finally stumbled on it on Tuesday while returning home after morning prayers, it was not a pretty sight either — the crocodile was attacking the hens and goats in the barn attached to the house. There was quite a commotion. He called his brothers out and focused the torch on its eyes at which the reptile stopped moving. They finally managed to tie it to a tree in the courtyard. Al Saadi said what little information he had about how flashing light at the eyes would hamper the movement of reptiles helped him to control the crocodile.

Al Saadi has no idea from where has the reptile slid into the area. His house is in a residential area, which is more than 500 metres away from Ajman Creek.

Al Saadi was in Abu Dhabi when this reporter contacted him. He said he would contact the zoo officials once he is back in Ajman. He would ask them to take the animal away.

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