Ten is lucky number at St. Augustine Alligator Farm

The folks at St. Augustine had a banner summer for babies, but the coolest batch to hatch were ten saltwater crocs on October 10. Yep, you read that right: 10 on 10/10/10. From First Coast News:

One by one, the 10 baby saltwater crocodiles poked their noses through their eggshells and started hatching. Walkowich and Reptile Curator Kevin Torregrosa helped them by peeling away some of the eggshell. Torregrosa helps the hatchlings out of the shells because, "the eggs in the wild would naturally deteriorate because of the soil they're incubated in. We try to recreate that here, but we can't really do it. So because of that the eggs can be a little harder." Walkowich laughed as one of the tiny crocs sat in her hand with its toothy mouth open. "He looks just like his father," Walkowich chuckled, "with his mouth wide open!"

Congrats on another successful hatching to our friends at St. Aug. Photos of the proud mom and pop taken on my trip to The Farm are after the bump.

Proud Momma, Sydney

Proud Papa, Maximo