Shanghai finds another crocodile in its rivers, your pipes are about to explode, restaurant smiley hygiene ratings go online, our legislator hates expensive baijiu, and more things being torn down in Shanghai. Here's what's happening around the city: more ›

I wasn't aware that A. There were a lot of people here with a taste for exotic pets, and B. There were a lot of dicks here who abandon their exotic pets when they get too expensive, but apparently the Shanghai Zoo is running out of space to deal with them. Specifically, it's being overrun by red-eared turtles and estaurine crocodiles (which you'll remember caused quite a scare last year). more ›

While the mystery of the Subway crocodiles' origins are not yet solved, we at least now have a pretty good inkling where they came from. Officials in the Jinshan District seized an illegal shipment of 11 estuarine crocodiles this weekend. The district's Wildlife Protection Office said the crocodiles came from Guangdong and would've been additions to local restaurant menus. Those 11 are now chilling with the 20 or so estuarine crocodiles - all confiscated or found - at the Shanghai Zoo, which has said it will need to build a bigger home for all its new wards. Source: Shanghai Daily more ›