Baby Orinoco Crocodiles – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Tue, 11 May 2021 13:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Baby Orinoco Crocodiles – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Zoo Miami welcomes endangered baby Orinoco crocodiles https://onvenezuela.com/zoo-miami-welcomes-endangered-baby-orinoco-crocodiles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zoo-miami-welcomes-endangered-baby-orinoco-crocodiles Tue, 11 May 2021 13:15:31 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9084

Officials at Zoo Miami have been welcoming critically endangered baby Orinoco crocodiles over the past week. The mother laid 45 eggs on Feb. 5 at the South Florida park, and they began hatching last week, the zoo announced on Facebook. To prevent any loss due to predation or extreme weather, zoo staff collected the eggs several days after they were laid and placed them into incubators. Full Text -> The Lexington Herald Leader

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