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Today’s Amazing Species: Orinoco Crocodile

The Orinoco Crocodile, Crocodylus intermedius, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is restricted to the middle and lower reaches of the Orinoco River and its tributaries in Venezuela and Colombia. It is a hole-nesting species and the females lay an average clutch size of 38 to 44 eggs. In 1800, the largest male ever was recorded measuring 6.5 metres in length. Leer más.

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