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| Darrell Roberts with Snap Happy |
The 14cm long caiman crocodilian has hatched at Shuttleworth College. The students have been studying the incubation and egg development of 14 eggs laid by mother Caiman. They were thrilled when the first baby crocodile hatched and more are incubating.
Carl Groombridge, Animal Centre manager, said: “This has been an incredible learning experience for our students and when the baby croc arrived there were definitely a few crocodile tears of joy!
“It is a privilege to care for such an incredible creature as the baby caiman and we hope that soon he will have brothers and sisters joining him.”
Snap Happy may be small now but one day he will be 2m to 2.5m in length. He is being hand-reared and cared for by students and staff in a specially built croc creche. He is eating small grubs at the moment.
Carl added: “We feel that we’ve been given an early and very special Christmas present.”
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