It's hatchling season for American crocodiles and while the species is imperiled overall, mother and baby crocs are thriving in the swamp surrounding a nuclear power plant.
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A hatchling crocodile
In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 photo, biologist Mario Aldecoa releases a hatchling crocodile back into the wild after it was weighed and measured and tagged, near the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead, Fla.