WEST ROCKHAMPTON, Australia, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- An Australian zoo shared video of a large saltwater crocodile coughing up plastic bottles that were apparently thrown into his enclosure by visitors.

The Rockhampton Zoo in Queensland posted a video to Facebook showing a zookeeper guiding the crocodile, named The Colonel, out of the water in his enclosure Thursday.


The croc is seen coughing and expels two plastic bottles from his mouth.

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