Exotic Incident #356
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Los Angeles, CA - USA
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Incident Date:
09/06/2001
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Summary:
A komodo dragon bit and crushed the big toe of Phil Bronstein, executive editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, while Bronstein was inside the animal’s cage on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Los Angeles Zoo. Bronstein was hospitalized for emergency surgery to reattach severed tendons.