It’s been a while, but the American crocodile is making a big comeback in Florida, with a biologist employed by Florida Power and Light telling CBS Miami that the utility’s canal system outside the Turkey Point nuclear plant have been providing an excellent habitat for the vicious aquatic reptiles to recover their numbers to nearly 2,000 after dipping to the low hundreds in the 1970s.
Maybe the lead should’ve been that potentially radioactive crocodiles have been breeding in Florida but we’re already committed to the rhyme here. Anyway biologist Mike Lionet says the 168 miles of cooling canals for the nuclear reactor “a sanctuary for” the crocs. “It’s safe here. We have one of the most concentrated nesting areas in Florida and the United States,” Lionet continued.