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Memphis Zoo is reminding people to never throw anything into animal exhibits after a Komodo dragon required medical care after swallowing a shoe.

A Komodo dragon ingested a Memphis Zoo guest's shoe after they threw it over the glass of the exhibit.

A curious Komodo dragon ate a Croc shoe at the Memphis zoo after a guest threw it into their exhibit.

The Memphis Zoo had to rush one of its komodo dragons into surgery after a zoo visitor’s shoe landed in a display and was swallowed by the lizard, zoo says.