It survived the bombing of Berlin during World War II

The famous crocodile "Saturn" after its embalming in a museum in Moscow

It took six months to mummify the crocodile.

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A museum in Moscow displays the famous crocodile "Saturn", which survived the bombing of Berlin during World War II, after being embalmed after finally passing away at the age of 84.

And the Darwin Museum in the Russian capital announced, last week, the completion of the mummification of the animal, which was transported from the Moscow Zoo, where it lived until its last moments.

The museum said in a statement that "the Saturn display is part of the permanent exhibition, which culminates in six months of work by taxidermists and the entire museum."

The museum stated that the work of its specialists began, last June, with the use of a special product on crocodile scales.

The crocodile, born in the United States in 1936, was transferred to the Berlin Zoo, but escaped from it on November 23, 1943 during the Soviet bombing of the city, which killed several other animals in the park.

After losing track of it for three years, British soldiers spotted it in 1946, and then returned it to the Soviet authorities.

The three years he spent wandering in nature constitute a "mystery", according to a statement by the Moscow Zoo, after he died on May 24.

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