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7,000 Crocodiles Escape Farm in South Africa

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Getty 012513 Crocodile?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1359139155125File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Thousands of crocodiles are on the loose in South Africa.

Some 7,000 of them escaped from a crocodile farm after the gates of a dam were opened to alleviate rising floodwaters.

Only about 2,000 have been recaptured.

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