Acupuncture hits the spot for ailing alligator

Bino’s back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn’t move his legs — two of them anyway — and his tail just wouldn’t swish. So what’s an ailing albino alligator to do? Acupuncture, naturally.

Bino, eight, has lived at Brazil’s Sao Paulo Aquarium since 2007. Vets said he was born with his ailments and nothing seemed to alleviate them.

So in early 2011 they decided to see if acupuncture might help, as it has other animals at the aquarium.