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Hatchling Nile Crocodile

Hatchling Nile crococile - Crocodylus niloticus

Hatchling Nile crocodile - Crocodylus niloticus

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The Nile crocodile was once common throughout most of eastern and southern Africa but today, their numbers are fewer. They inhabit rivers, estuaries, freshwater wetlands and mangroves and feed on fish as well as small birds and mammals.

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