{"id":244041,"date":"2026-05-26T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244041\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:42:19","slug":"crocodile-bites-zookeeper-at-bronx-zoo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244041\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile bites zookeeper at Bronx Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Bronx Zoo employee was bitten on the arm by a small freshwater crocodile on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to zoo authorities, the reptile nipped the zookeeper after the worker accidentally slipped while cleaning the enclosure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The worker did not sustain serious injuries but was transported for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BRONX, NY &#8211; A Bronx Zoo worker is recovering after being bitten by a crocodile over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident happened while a zookeeper was cleaning a habitat that houses a small freshwater crocodile.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When the worker slipped, zoo officials say the reptiles nipped his arm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The worker was not seriously injured, but was transported for medical evaluation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The zoo has yet to release any further details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information from this article was provided by the Bronx Zoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A Bronx Zoo employee was bitten on the arm by a small freshwater crocodile on Sunday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,25511,95308,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-244041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-zoo","tag-freshwater-crocodile","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}