{"id":252332,"date":"2025-09-25T00:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252332\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:30:19","slug":"reptile-dysfunction-south-american-crocodile-found-lounging-in-michigan-front-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252332\/","title":{"rendered":"Reptile dysfunction? South American crocodile found lounging in Michigan front yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.<\/strong> \u2013 A South American crocodile was found thousands of miles from its normal habitat in Bay County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The reptile was discovered Tuesday, Sept. 23, in Hampton Township, a suburb of Bay City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HamptonTownshipPolice\/posts\/pfbid02pxTEBkxqTGG9nsgBhMCoctfhcidcRuMbhpmQHKkjECyvUpbHEupGfD87ZgRBs24fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HamptonTownshipPolice\/posts\/pfbid02pxTEBkxqTGG9nsgBhMCoctfhcidcRuMbhpmQHKkjECyvUpbHEupGfD87ZgRBs24fl\">According to authorities<\/a>, the Hampton Township Public Safety Department received a call regarding a possible alligator sighting in someone\u2019s front yard. First responders said they found a young three-foot-long American Crocodile relaxing under an apple tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">The American Crocodile is an endangered species that can grow up to 16 feet long. It is native to South America, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and southern Florida. How the reptile ended up off Saginaw Bay remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The crocodile was safely taken to the Birch Run Zoo, which will now care for the neotropical animal.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. \u2013 A South American crocodile was found thousands of miles from its normal habitat in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":252333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48105,133441,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-252332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-bay-county","9":"tag-hampton-township","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115262116701168355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}