NT: Mother crocs too hot to lay eggs

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2007
NT: Mother crocs too hot to lay eggs

Hot and bothered pregnant crocs are praying for some relief in the Top End.

Their reproductive processes were triggered by heavy downpours in early November ..

but soaring temperatures and a lack of follow up rain has forced the expecting mums to
delay nesting.

Expert GRAEME WEBB says crocs usually only nest in the wet.

He says any significant delay in laying eggs could cause the embryonic crocodile to
attach to the wrong side of the egg .. and they could drown in the yolk.

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KEYWORD: CROCODILE (DARWIN)

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