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Upon the city. experts say the insects appear after a wet spring. they do not have diseases nor do they bite but clearly, they are getting a lot of attention. crocodiles are breathing in an unlikely environment. they are residing in the cooling canals of a florida nuclear plant. wildlife biologist seemed to be okay with it. phil keating explains. >> off they go. >> american crocodiles are crawling back from the brink of extinction and driving of all places, south florida's turkey point nuclear power plant. once endangered, there no-- the are now listed as threatened. during hatch ng season, ...

Experts say the insects appear after a wet spring. they do not have diseases nor do they bite but clearly, they are getting a lot of attention. crocodiles are breathing in an unlikely environment. they are residing in the cooling canals of a florida nuclear plant. wildlife biologist seemed to be okay with it. phil keating explains. >> off they go. >> american crocodiles are crawling back from the brink of extinction and driving of all places, south florida's turkey point nuclear power plant. once endangered, there no-- the are now listed as threatened. during hatch ng season, they look for n...

Power plant and 170 miles of cooling canals home. no, they're not radioactive. wanted and endangers species, now they're threatened. >> so crucial to the environment and so interesting. it's basically seeing the fruiting of your labor. you go throughout the year waiting for the babies to hatch, collecting them and releasing them back in the wild, which is the ultimate satisfaction. >> every july and august, they zigzag up and down the cooling canals looking for nests, each with 30 to 50 earrings. the canals thrive in this location because of the canals, the berms and the very minimal human enc...

Them. how did that go? >> went well. the nuclear power plant is a perfect place for the crocodiles. the facility allows them to have the place to themselves. july is hatching season. baby crocs are being brought to the lab where they're days old where they receive gentle treatment from florida power and light. american crocodiles were once on the brink of extinction, down to 500 in the 70s. today there's about 2,000 of them. 1 out of 4 calls the 170 miles of nuclear cooling canals home. no, they are not radioactive although they get that question all the time. once an endangered species, they'...