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Walaa Hussein

Walaa Hussein

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALAIN NAVARRO: An Egyptian zookeeper feeds a Nile crocodile at Giza zoo in Cairo 14 August 2007. A sudden influx of hundreds of baby crocodiles seized while being smuggled out of Cairo airport has left the zoo struggling to deal with the tiny but rapidly growing reptiles. They were brought here after customs officials found them, along with snakes and chameleons, in the luggage of a young Saudi man who said they were destined for a Saudi "scientific institute". AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOU — A zookeeper feeds a Nile crocodile at Giza Zoo, Cairo, Aug. 14, 2007. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

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