Croc eats pig planned to be dissected at opening of $8m Berrimah science centre
The opening of a major $8m science laboratory in Darwin on Friday was overshadowed after the event’s special guest was eaten by a crocodile.
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THE opening of a major $8m science laboratory in Darwin has been overshadowed after the event’s special guest was eaten by a crocodile.
The molecular science laboratory at Berrimah Farm opened on Friday and has the most hi-tech facilities of any lab in Northern Australia.
It will help research diseases which threaten the Top End’s plant and animal agriculture.
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Agriculture Minister Nicole Manison officially opened the new Berrimah facility, which had its plaque Blu-tacked to a whiteboard because it had not yet been adhered to the building.
But, a pig that was supposed to be dissected at the unveiling, was a no-show.
“I understand it had a run in with a crocodile,” Ms Manison said.
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