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    A Short Dissertation On The Green & The Slimy

    According to the promotional pamphlet you can find just about anywhere in South Dakota, every step you take at Reptile Gardens is a new discovery, every turn another adventure. Here, you can meet Maniac, the largest crocodile in captivity. Maniac is eleven hundred pounds of ferocious predator stored in a large glass box, just waiting to be photographed and forgotten. You can also say howdy to Methuselah, South Dakota’s oldest living resident. Clocking in at over 120 years old, Methuselah is a giant Galapagos tortoise who creeps slowly around his enclosure looking bored.