"Saturn", an alligator in the Moscow Zoo -- in his eighties. Born in Mississippi, he was sent to the Berlin Zoo and was rescued by the British at the end of WWII . He was sent as a gift to the Soviet Union, where he lived in the Moscow Zoo for nearly 75 years.
Saturn (Russian: Сату́рн, IPA: [sɐˈturn]; 1936 – 22 May 2020) was an American alligator residing in the Moscow Zoo. He was the subject of an urban myth that he was previously Adolf Hitler's "pet alligator".
After hatching in Mississippi, Saturn was soon brought to Germany, residing at the Berlin Zoological Garden. It was here that his association with Adolf Hitler originated, as Hitler reportedly enjoyed visiting the zoo and especially liked the alligator. However, while Hitler may have viewed Saturn at the zoo, he was never Hitler's personal pet. During World War II, the Berlin Zoo was destroyed, but Saturn was discovered by British soldiers three years later. The British then gave the alligator to the Soviets in 1946. He lived at the Moscow Zoo until 22 May 2020, when he died of old age[1][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(alligator)
Can you imagine? This alligator lived in succession in "Kukluxistan" (the Jim Crow South), Nazi Germany, and Stalin's Soviet Union and never became a victim of political persecution despite having a big mouth. Some places are just horrible places for humans. I can imagine using this gator as a narrator for a story on how bad Humanity can be.
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Saturn (Russian: Сату́рн, IPA: [sɐˈturn]; 1936 – 22 May 2020) was an American alligator residing in the Moscow Zoo. He was the subject of an urban myth that he was previously Adolf Hitler's "pet alligator".
After hatching in Mississippi, Saturn was soon brought to Germany, residing at the Berlin Zoological Garden. It was here that his association with Adolf Hitler originated, as Hitler reportedly enjoyed visiting the zoo and especially liked the alligator. However, while Hitler may have viewed Saturn at the zoo, he was never Hitler's personal pet. During World War II, the Berlin Zoo was destroyed, but Saturn was discovered by British soldiers three years later. The British then gave the alligator to the Soviets in 1946. He lived at the Moscow Zoo until 22 May 2020, when he died of old age[1][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(alligator)
Can you imagine? This alligator lived in succession in "Kukluxistan" (the Jim Crow South), Nazi Germany, and Stalin's Soviet Union and never became a victim of political persecution despite having a big mouth. Some places are just horrible places for humans. I can imagine using this gator as a narrator for a story on how bad Humanity can be.
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(alligator)#cite_note-bbc-2][/url]
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.