ROME (Reuters) - Italian police have captured a crocodile that was terrorising visitors to Rome's famed Tiber river -- only to discover it was a hunting trophy used as a gag.

Police pounced on the two-metre reptile, its fearsome jaws locked wide open, on the Tiberina island in the heart of the city on Sunday, following panicked phone calls they originally dismissed as a hoax.


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'a crocodile rapid-reaction unit' ~ any volunteers?

CRICKEY!!

Wonder how much of a fight the "gator gave Sorry, I can imagine the panic it caused, but picturing them attacking and trying to rope an' wrassle' a stuffed gator to the ground (not that they had far to go) just sounded humorous to me...

I would give anything to watch a bunch of cops get in position to pounce on a stuffed croc!!!! Now that is entertainment!!!