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Exemplifies the current crocodile concern. it was here that a 10-foot croc thrust its tail. leaping out of the water, grabbing janet and larry poras pride and joy. >> these are american crocs. >> inside the lab at florida power and lights turkey point. >> 4.2. >> crocodile specialist inserts chips into few days old hatch lings. the little pep tiles are then released back in the wild. back in the 70s the florida crocodile nourished only in the hundreds and then it was officially endangered specie...

Florida. this is part of that process. they believe that in a few days, the eggs that you see here will turn into hatch lings, the hatch ling also go to sea. it and they believe 20 years little tiny hatch lings will turn into turtles that will come back to this particular part of the gulf coast and lay their eggs again. they think the circle of life will continue. if they stayed here, almost certainly those turtles would get into the oil and they would die. jon, back to you. >> jon: brian wilson...

>> its a threatened species. its our job to do what we can to recover that peeshies. knowing what we no about the oil in the gulf, that these hatch lings likely wouldnt survive in it. we have taken these extraordinary efforts to save these hatch lings by excavating the nest in the late stage when theyre least affected by movement, to truck them to florida, to kennedy space center, where they can finish hatching in the special coolers and release them to the atlantic where theyll have the best ch...