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Crocodile Cracks Its Shell
Photo: An American crocodile emerging from its eggshell
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Female crocs lay their eggs in clutches of 20 to 60 eggs. After the eggs have incubated for about three months, the mother opens the nest and helps her young out of their shells.
Photograph by Steve Winter

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