Alias47
03-28-2005, 04:13 PM
'Mr. Cranky Pants' wears on thieves
Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Posted: 7:43 PM EDT (2343 GMT)
Sydney, Australia (AP) -- Would you upset an alligator named Mister Cranky Pants? Some thieves chanced it, but apparently soon regretted it.
The four-year-old gator was stolen from a reptile park north of Sydney, Australia, during the weekend. But the zoo said Monday the thieves may have underestimated his moodiness and let him go.
The animal later was recovered in a nearby creek.
A zoo official put it this way: "Mr. Cranky Pants is a cranky pants, he gets moody, and so they probably messed with the wrong alligator and dumped him."
Mister Cranky Pants will undergo a quick medical check before he is reunited with his family.
How's Cranky doing? The official says "You can tell with alligators by their eyes whether they're stressed or not stressed, and he looks glad to be back."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/cranky.pants/index.html
Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Posted: 7:43 PM EDT (2343 GMT)
Sydney, Australia (AP) -- Would you upset an alligator named Mister Cranky Pants? Some thieves chanced it, but apparently soon regretted it.
The four-year-old gator was stolen from a reptile park north of Sydney, Australia, during the weekend. But the zoo said Monday the thieves may have underestimated his moodiness and let him go.
The animal later was recovered in a nearby creek.
A zoo official put it this way: "Mr. Cranky Pants is a cranky pants, he gets moody, and so they probably messed with the wrong alligator and dumped him."
Mister Cranky Pants will undergo a quick medical check before he is reunited with his family.
How's Cranky doing? The official says "You can tell with alligators by their eyes whether they're stressed or not stressed, and he looks glad to be back."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/cranky.pants/index.html