An alligator that attracted the stares of tourists for decades will soon be seen again.
The skeleton of Oscar is being assembled. It will be put on display like a museum dinosaur.
Oscar was the most famous resident of Okefenokee Swamp Park. He roamed the swamp from the time the park opened in 1946 until his death a year ago.
PHOTO: AP
The 4.3-meter, 450-kilogram beast was a tough gator. He survived a shotgun blast to the face and at least three bullet wounds. Some scientists think he was 95 to 100 years old when he died.
The display also will include what park officials found in Oscar’s belly, including a plastic dog collar, a dog’s tag, a penny and the top section of a flagpole.
“Some people think he’s a statue,” a tour guide, Danny Rowe, said of Oscar in 1996. “I tell people he’s real, but I don’t get paid enough to show them he’s real.”
The Okefenokee is a wildlife refuge in southeastern Georgia that attracts 350,000 to 400,000 visitors a year.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
一條曾吸引遊客數十年目光的短吻鱷不久後將重現江湖。
奧斯卡的骨骸標本正在進行組裝，未來將像博物館的恐龍一樣公開展出。
奧斯卡曾是奧克菲諾基沼澤野生公園最著名的駐園動物，自一九四六年公園開幕起至去年牠過世為止，牠都生活在該沼澤公園內。
這條長四點三公尺、重四百五十公斤的短吻鱷相當勇健，牠曾遭霰彈槍迎面射擊，身上至少有三處彈痕，卻仍大難不死；部分科學家認為牠享壽九十五到一百歲。
這場展覽也將展出公園管理處在奧斯卡肚子裡發現的東西，包括一個塑膠狗項圈、一個狗牌、一枚一分硬幣和一根旗竿的頂部。
「有些人覺得牠是一座雕像，」導遊丹尼．羅威在一九九六年談及奧斯卡時說：「我告訴大家牠是真的，但是我領的錢不足以讓我向他們證明此點。」
奧克菲諾基是喬治亞州東南部的一個野生動物保護區，每年都會吸引三十五到四十萬的參觀人潮。
（美聯社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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