Zoo staff sent a team to investigate after a ’crocodile’ was spotted in one of its ponds - which turned out to be a TOY.

Officials at Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo were alarmed when the ’mysterious creature’ was seen by a guest in the mongoose enclosure.

But on closer inspection from the team it turned out to be a toy crocodile someone had dropped in by accident.

Folly Farm posted on their social media: "This mysterious ’creature’ was spotted by one of our guests over the weekend in the banded mongoose enclosure and had us all scratching our heads… Was it a miniature Loch Ness Monster? A mysterious water lizard?!

"We sent our zoo team to investigate and I can reassure you all that it was just a toy crocodile that someone has dropped into the pond!

"We breathed a little sigh of relief I can tell you… But it did give us all a laugh this grey Monday morning!"