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Ex Bugging You? Name A Cockroach After Them At NY Aquarium This Valentine's Day Ex Bugging You? Name A Cockroach After Them At NY Aquarium This Valentine's Day
Ex Bugging You? Name A Cockroach After Them At NY Aquarium This Valentine's Day If your ex is still crawling under your skin, this may be just the event to help squash the past. This Valentine’s Day, VIA Aquarium in Schenectady is offering a hilariously petty, yet oddly endearing way to mark the holiday: For just $1, you can sponsor a cockroach and have it named after that “special someone.” “Your sponsored roach will be fed out to one of our reptiles by our Senior Reptile Keeper, Randy,” reads the aquarium’s website. The best part? The whole thing will be recorded for your replaying pleasure: “You can watch your special roach over and over.” The deadline to par…

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by Michael Mashburn
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LI Native Melissa Joan Hart Shares Touching Connection To Late 'Cassius The Crocodile' LI Native Melissa Joan Hart Shares Touching Connection To Late 'Cassius The Crocodile'
LI Native Melissa Joan Hart Shares Touching Connection To Late 'Cassius The Crocodile' New York native Melissa Joan Hart revealed a special connection to the late Cassius the Crocodile. The saltwater croc, who measured 18 feet long and weighed nearly 2,870 pounds, died Saturday, Nov. 2, at an estimated age of 120, Marineland Melanesia in Australia announced on Facebook. Cassius received the Guinness World Record as the largest living captive crocodile in 2011. Marineland Melanesia said he was “very old and believed to be living beyond the years of a wild croc.” “It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of our beloved mate Cassius,” the organization said. “He was mor…

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by Michael Mashburn