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here is part two of my post from earlier this month, enjoy.
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OSLO (Reuters) - A thief walked unnoticed out of a Norwegian aquarium carrying a crocodile at the weekend and now risks losing a finger or two, the head of the aquarium said on Monday.

“I think whoever did this knew what they were doing,” Bergen aquarium director Kees Oscar Ekeli told Reuters, suggesting the young crocodile was smuggled out in a bag during the busiest hours on Saturday.

The stolen reptile, named “Taggen” (Spike), is a 70 centimeters (2.3 feet) long smooth-fronted caiman also known as Schneider’s dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus Trigonatus).

Taggen eats “a good mix of fish and meat” and can grow to be about 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) long. “It has a solid bite. Considering it is not bigger than it is, you could lose a few fingers, but no vital organs,” Ekeli said.

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A lengthy investigation published Thursday reveals that the Pentagon gave an inexperienced 22-year-old a $300 million contract to provide ammunition to Afghanistan. The shady deal resulted in decades old, substandard munitions being delivered to US and Afghan troops fighting on the front lines of the war on terror.

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