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Gena, a 14-year-old crocodile at a Ukrainian aquarium, has been refusing food and acting listless after eating a cell phone dropped by a woman who was trying to photograph him.
Aquarium workers in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk initially didn't believe Rimma Golovko, who is in her 20s, when she explained what happened, the Associated Press reports.
"But then the phone started ringing and the sound was coming from inside our Gena's stomach and we understood she wasn't lying," said Alexandra, an aquarium worker.
Alexandra says Gena appears depressed and in pain and has not eaten or had a bowel movement in four weeks.
"The animal is not feeling well," she says. "His behavior has changed, he moves very little and swims much less than he used to."
Doctors tried feeding Gena a live quail injected with vitamins and a laxative, but he didn't bite.
Dnipropetrovsk chief veterinarian Oleksandr Shushlenko says the croc will be x-rayed next week but will only undergo surgery as a last resort because it would be dangerous for him -- and the vets.
Golovko says she doesn't expect to get the phone back, but would like to recover the SIM card that has important photos and contacts.
Gena, a 14-year-old crocodile at a Ukrainian aquarium, has been refusing food and acting listless after eating a cell phone dropped by a woman who was trying to photograph him.
Aquarium workers in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk initially didn't believe Rimma Golovko, who is in her 20s, when she explained what happened, the Associated Press reports.
"But then the phone started ringing and the sound was coming from inside our Gena's stomach and we understood she wasn't lying," said Alexandra, an aquarium worker.
Alexandra says Gena appears depressed and in pain and has not eaten or had a bowel movement in four weeks.
"The animal is not feeling well," she says. "His behavior has changed, he moves very little and swims much less than he used to."
Doctors tried feeding Gena a live quail injected with vitamins and a laxative, but he didn't bite.
Dnipropetrovsk chief veterinarian Oleksandr Shushlenko says the croc will be x-rayed next week but will only undergo surgery as a last resort because it would be dangerous for him -- and the vets.
Golovko says she doesn't expect to get the phone back, but would like to recover the SIM card that has important photos and contacts.
