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15,000 Crocodiles Escape Farm in South Africa During Heavy Flood

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15,000 Crocodiles Escape Farm in South Africa During Heavy Flood

January 24, 2013 Updated Jan 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM PDT

Johannesburg - Some 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a farm in South Africa's far north following heavy rains and flooding in the region.

The crocodiles, according to a report by local daily Beeld, sprung from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm after the owners were forced to open the gates to ward off a storm surge.

At least 7,500 are still on the run after several had been rounded up.

"There used to be only a few crocodiles in the Limpopo River," Zane Langman, the son-in-law of Johan Boshoff, who owns Rakwena told The Telegraph. "Now there are a lot."

The surrounding Limpopo Province has been recently hit by floods that have reportedly killed 10 people displacing more.

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