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Crocodile takes morning dip in Florida Keys swimming pool

ISLAMORADA, Fla.

A crocodile apparently decided a morning dip in a Florida Keys swimming pool was just the thing.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Becky Herrin said an Islamorada homeowner called about 7:30 a.m. Thursday to report the croc in his pool. A photo provided by the sheriff’s office shows the large reptile floating languidly in the shallow end of the pool. Herrin said the animal was about 8 feet long.

Herrin said deputies and officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission safely removed the animal and returned it to its native habitat.

The American crocodile is designated as a federal threatened species. It lives mainly in brackish waters of South Florida and the Keys.

Police: Man forced girlfriend to walk naked on NYC street

NEW YORK

Police said a 24-year-old New York City man punched and choked his girlfriend, then ordered her to walk through the streets wearing only a towel as he videotaped her.

The video, which also shows the woman naked on the street, wound up online, and news media ran it with her body obscured.

Jason Melo is awaiting arraignment in Manhattan on assault charges. He was arrested Wednesday after his 22-year-old girlfriend filed a report. It’s unclear if Melo has an attorney who could comment on the charges.

The woman said he threatened to kill her if she didn’t go out in the towel.

Baby fur seal found in bushes at California business park

HAYWARD, Calif.

An emaciated baby northern fur seal is recovering after it was found in some bushes at a San Francisco Bay Area business park, his second escape attempt in just a few months.

Hayward police said on the department’s Facebook page that the dehydrated and malnourished seal was found after someone called about the pup about 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Police said the seal – somehow – got out of the water, crossed busy Interstate 880 and found its way to the bushes.

Police at first thought the caller was mistaken and the furry fellow was really just a “possum or a weird cat.”

Police called the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. Center spokeswoman Laura Sherr confirmed to KNTV that her team picked up the animal, which they hope to nourish and send back into the wild as soon as possible.

This was the second time the baby seal, who has a tag on him, had escaped. Pipester, as he is known, previously had been in the center’s care for malnutrition after he was rescued last November at Moss Landing Harbor by volunteers.

Associated Press