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Show A DENTIST FOR CROCODILES. Zoo Should Get One to Amuse the Children. "I wish wo had a crocodilo plover hero. It would amuse tho children," said John Lover, a keeper at the Zoo. "What kind of a bird is a crocodilo croco-dilo plover?" somo one asked. "It's tho crocodllo's dentist," Lover ropllod. "It keeps tho crocodile's mouth in good condition. "Tho crocodilo," he went on, "Is much annoyod by a parasitic insect that enters his mouth and breeds there, in crannies that ho can't get at. Tho plover feeds on this insect and will go Into a crocodllo's mouth fearlessly after it. Tho crocodile seems to recognlzo Instinctively that tho bird is his friend. Ho lets it hop In and out of his mouth without molestation. Tho children would bo much amused to seo such a sight. Wo ought to got a crocodilo plover by all means." "Crocodile plover. Humph I" remarked re-marked a bystander In a pointed manner. Philadelphia Record. |