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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

   

According to Netease, around 5am yesterday morning, a 1.5-meter long crocodile was found in the construction area of Subway Line 10, Dongfang Mall stop in the Yangpu district. Workers immediately called the police and, with the help of firemen, the croc was caught and carried away safely.

We're not really sure what to make of this. From the China Daily:

Hepatitis, SARS, bird flu ... now add snakebites to your “to-worry” list when traveling to or staying in Shanghai.

In other news regarding mammals being observed and unnecessary pain being caused (albeit pain inflicted in the other direction), Zoo keepers in northwest China are having difficulty with a chimpanzee's smoking habits. The chimp picked up his fags (that's British English for cigarettes) at the circus (as we all do).

At Shanghai Zoo. One snake has half a mouse in its mouth, while its slinkier and nippier relative beguiles the snakes with its fancy footwork. Watch ...

While there will most definitely be a nice selection of spirits at the upcoming Shanghaiist Happy Hour, we can say with extreme confidence that one of them will not be Tiger Bone Wine, which the Shanghai Zoo, reportedly, has started to sell. Tiger Bone Wine -- wine that has shared a container with tiger bones -- is "thought by millions of people to be an elixir of life." Since ancient times, the Chinese have considered tiger bones as a "cure for joint pain and stiffness, back pain, rheumatism, and muscle spasms."