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Nile Crocodile Eggs Hatch Naturally in French Zoo Following Heatwaves

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Ten Nile crocodile eggs at a wildlife park in southern France hatched naturally without the need for controlled incubators, zoo authorities said Wednesday. The natural incubation, a first at the reserve…

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It was without human intervention in an "unpublished" natural hatch.For a Nile crocodile to develop and be born its egg must be kept constantly at a temperature of between 30 and 32 °C for three months.

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Ten eggs of Nile crocodile hatched naturally in a Drôme animal park. An unprecedented event for healers. But it is also worrying: it is a direct consequence of the canicule summer that we have just passed through. (Environment).

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This is an unprecedented event: ten crocodiles babies from the Nile were born on Saturday, August 22 at La Ferme aux Crocodiles in Pierrelatte. But behind the wonder lies another reality: this birth is directly linked to the strong heats of the summer.

Ten Nile crocodiles hatched without passing through the incubation box, last weekend within the Crocodiles Farm of Pierelatte, in the Drôme. The news was shared Tuesday, August 25 by the carers...

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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