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hatchlings for this the found 27 nests and taken about 300 baby crocodiles back to the lab. wildlife biologist mike measures their length and inserts a tiny microchip into each tale in order to track them over their lives. >> are not radioactive this question we get a lot. >> they are then released back into the wild. 25 percent of the crocodile population calls this nuclear crocodiles sanctuary home which is perfect for them thanks to the canals, and minimal human encounters. since it is a high-security facility. this right here is an old crocodile nest. you can still see some of the actuals left behind. adult females lay about 30 to 50 eggs every year but most will not end up surviving due to predation by birds, fish and other crocs. >> beside the fact that they
27 nests and taken about 300 baby crocodiles back to the lab. wildlife biologist mike measures their length and inserts a tiny microchip into each tale in order to track them over their lives. >> are not radioactive this question we get a lot. >> they are then released back into the wild. 25 percent of the crocodile population calls this nuclear crocodiles sanctuary home which is perfect for them thanks to the canals, and minimal human encounters. since it is a high-security facility. this right here is an old crocodile nest. you can still see some of the actuals left behind. adult females lay about 30 to 50 eggs every year but most will not end up surviving due to predation by birds, fish and other crocs. >> beside the fact that they are so crucial to the environment and you go
best new thing in the world today, it's very simple it's very easy it is this. it's the handful of baby crocodiles. that is the best new thing in the world today. we're just going to cut to the chase. a handful of extremely endangered cuban baby crocodiles. and if you want to know who you can thank for that incredible image, the answer of course, is fidel castro. those baby crocodile's parents were given by fidel castro to vladimir shokalov 40 years ago. sort of a we're communist, you're communist, here is our communist bow tie. they were moved to the moscow city zoo and then the cob dials were sent to a zoo in sweden which wanted them very badly. the cuba to russia crocodile
as castro and hillary were happily mating in sweden, the cuban crocodile were falling off a cliff back home. they used to be found across the caribbean. now they're found in only two swamps in cuba. turns out american crocs have flooded the region and decimated the cuban population. last year, cuban authorities asked the swedish zoo if they could have some of castro and hillary's babies. they asked for some of the offspring to release back into the cuban wild. this week, those cuban baby crocodiles whose parents traveled from cuba to russia to sweden, those babies arrived back in havana. they'll be kept quarantined for a month in a crocodile home somewhere. but when they are of age, they'll be released into the wild hoping adding additional cuban crocodiles to the cuban pool will help keep the species alive. in that effort to help get the baby crocodiles back to cuba is
today, it's very simple very easy, it's a handful of baby crocodiles. that is the best new thing in the world today. we're just going to cut to the chase. a handful of extremely endangered baby crocodiles, and if you want to know who you can thank for that image the answer is of course, fidel castro. those crocodiles were given to a soviet cosmonaut 40 years ago, kind of we're communists, they're communists, crocodiles they were moved to the moscow city zoo. and then the crocodiles were sent to a zoo in sweden which wanted them very badly. the cuba to russia crocodiles have been living at that zoo since 19 of 1. once they got settled in they started to breed in 1984. the breeding pair were named
have been living at that zoo in sweden since 1981. once they got settled in they started breeding in 1984. in the '90s, the swedish zoo named their breeding pair castro and hillary, as in hillary clinton with two "l"s and everything. it was the '90s. as castro and hillary were happily mating in sweden, the cuban crocodile were falling off a cliff back home. they used to be found across the caribbean. now they're found in only two swamps in cuba. turns out american crocs have flooded the region and decimated the cuban population. last year cuban authorities asked the swedish zoo if they could have some of castro and hillary's babies. they asked for some of the offspring to release back into the cuban wild. this week those cuban baby crocodiles whose parents traveled from cuba to russia to
we're just going to cut to the chase. a handful of extremely endangered cuban baby crocodiles. and if you want to know who you can thank for that incredible image, the answer, of course, is fidel castro. those baby crocodile's parents were given by fidel castro to vladimir shokalov 40 years ago. sort of a we're communist, you're communist, here is our communist bow tie. they were moved to the moscow city zoo and then the cob dials were sent to a zoo in sweden, which wanted them very badly. the cuba to russia crocodile have been living at that zoo in sweden since 1981. once they got settled in, they started breeding in 1984. in the '90s, the swedish zoo named their breeding pair castro and hillary, as in hillary clinton with two "l"s and everything. it was the '90s.
end. here is kimberly richardson from wabc. >> reporter: forget your grandma's garden, this unprecedented hunt takes place here in new york city. check the park. every nook and cranny. and maybe, just maybe, you'll hit the jackpot. >> you can spot them. >> reporter: whimsical, out of the box. >> one is made of solid marble with two baby crocodiles crawling out of it. >> reporter: more than 250 eggs super sized, at two feet tall. we got a sneak peek of the sculptures, each created by famous artists and designers. this one by students at high school of art and design. >> the fact that they come this and maybe find ours is pretty exciting. >> reporter: the faberge egg hunt, you get a free app and then you'll be able to check the egg map. >> when you see an egg, it will pop up on your screen saying you
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