Police hunting for a crocodile in Derbyshire have said the search turned out to be "more fluff than fear".

Derbyshire Police's rural crime team posted "the strangest appeal ever to grace our Facebook page" on Thursday, after a member of the public spotted a crocodile dumped in a canal in Willington.

"We're going to go out on a limb and guess this little guy isn't native to Derbyshire and as such, if you can offer any information about the crocodile's whereabouts now, or have knowledge of how it ended up at that site, please drop us a direct message," said the appeal.

"For clarification, although we cannot claim to be medical professionals, we are acutely aware the crocodile is deceased," it added, after a number of commenters pointed out the animal looked dead.

The appeal was widely sh

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