Category: crocodiles
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Race Against Time: Saving the Endangered Orinoco Crocodile
By Gaby Oraa and Efrain Otero The 34-year-old Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado has one hand around the juvenile crocodile’s neck and the other gripping its tail. Using tape and calipers, he measures the creature, monitoring its development just a few days prior to releasing it back into nature. The narrative surrounding Alvarado and the Orinoco…