Australian farmer says human orthopedic plate found in croc.
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
An Australian crocodile farmer who found an orthopedic plate inside a croc's stomach said Thursday that he had been told the surgical device was from a person's body and had been contacted by relatives of missing people anxious for clues.
Koorana Crocodile Farm owner John Lever found the plate inside a 4.7-meter (15-foot-5-inch) croc called M.J. during an autopsy in June at his business near Rockhampton in Queensland state.
He initially wasn't sure if the unusual find had been part of an animal or human. But he said since making photos of the plate public, he had been told it was a type used in human surgery.
Lever estimated that M.J. was 50 to 70 years old when he died. M.J. could have eaten the bone that the plate had been attached to by six screws 50 years ago, he said.
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not an autopsy...
“Auto” refers to “self” so autopsy is “self study.
“Necro” refers to “dead” and “psy” to study, so necropsy is the “study of the dead.”
(I bemoan the loss of editors in both print and broadcast media). 
I don't mind an editor either. 
Couldn't help it but it was meant in fun.
