Kicker: Please don’t feed the animals

NICK EICHER, HOST: You think you’ve had indigestion?

Consider this one. An alligator at a zoo in Omaha, Nebraska last week must’ve had quite a tummy ache when he swallowed some no-calorie substance.

CHRISTINA PLOOG: Then we were able to identify them as coins, and we removed 70 coins from his stomach yesterday.

Zoo vet Christina Ploog explained he wasn’t able to make change. They just stayed in, and it took surgery to get them out. Ten other gators will likely have the same experience.

Now the coins are not part of the diet, and zoo patron Jordan McCarthy understands this. He hopes to let his fellow humans know, stop throwing coins! Come on, people. Audio from Newswatch 7 Omaha:

JORDAN MCCARTHY: I think the zoo does a great job of keeping us protected from the animals. But unfortunately, I think there's only so much they can do to protect the animals from us sometimes.

A different kind of gator aid!

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I imagine much appreciated.

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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