When a mother crocodile leaves her nest unattended, a Nile monitor takes the opportunity to steal her eggs. The mother returns to protect most of her eggs but the disturbance sets off a mass hatching.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park announced the hatching of seven African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus afzelii), marking a milestone in reptilian conservation.
Mother Nature has ways of letting us know that she ought to be respected, and crocodiles are a fine example. Belonging to the Crocodylidae family — part of the reptilian order of Crocodilia (which ...