Crocodile dies after chewing on electric wire after being ‘attracted’ to it

The 10-year-old male Cuban crocodile at the Smithsonian zoo in Washington probably bit on electrical equipment in its enclosure

An endangered crocodile in a Smithsonian zoo in the US died after apparently biting into a live electrical cord in its shelter.

The Cuban crocodile, a 10-year-old male reptile, was discovered on 17 December inside its enclosure by staff at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI)'s Reptile Discovery Center in Washington DC.