"I don't think Lucky wanted to be reminded of what people do to chase crocodiles," he said.
Even though, of course, a crocodile is an entirely different species from an alligator.
Like Ming, he is now in Ohio, though only temporarily. He will be moved to a wildlife sanctuary in Indiana next week.
For now, they are 90km apart -- Ming is in Berlin Center, and Lucky is in Columbia Station, where he has his own stall, surrounded, once again, by other creatures, including bears and a pair of albino raccoons.
"He's kind of keeping to himself, not neighborly," said Sam Mazzola, who runs Lucky's home, World Animal Studios.
"It opened its mouth and chased me out of the way the first night it was here," he said.
By Tuesday, he said, "It's sitting under the heat lamp giving me the eyeball. Reptiles, you can't tell. They don't smile, they don't growl, they just bite when they feel like it."
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