Adolf Hitler’s ‘Pet Alligator’ Dies at 84 (Video)
An alligator rumored to have once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died at quite a remarkably old age.
The reptile — who goes by Saturn — recently passed away in the care of the Moscow Zoo, which he called home since the 1940s after he was discovered by British soldiers and gifted to the facility shortly thereafter … once Germany suffered defeat in WWII, of course.
Saturn is actually said to have survived a bombing at the Berlin Zoo back in 1943 — where he had been living after being shipped there from America in the mid-’30s — and somehow lived among the ruins until he was found again in 1946. After that, Russia was his new home.
For some reason … rumors swirled in Moscow that the alligator might’ve once been part of Hitler’s personal collection of exotic animals. The Moscow Zoo says it became an urban legend but doesn’t elaborate on why something like that might’ve even been thought.
Source: TMZ
See the Twitter video the zoo released:
Вчера утром наш миссисипский аллигатор Сатурн умер от старости. Ему было около 84 лет – крайне почтенный возраст. Московскому зоопарку выпала честь содержать Сатурна 74 года. Он видел многих из нас детьми. Надеемся, что мы его не разочаровали. pic.twitter.com/UigsB8xwBv
— Московский Зоопарк (@moscowzoo) May 23, 2020
