News Headline
The slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2022-05-13
Baby West African slender-snouted crocodiles come into the world doubly watched over. Females of the species, Mecistops cataphractus, guard their nests on the riverbanks in the Tano River Basin until they hear the hatchlings squeak. Then they uncover them, take the hatchlings gently in their jaws and carry them into the water.