Baby crocodiles, hatching

Caretakers display newly hatched Philippine crocodiles at a crocodile farm in Manila July 28, 2011. The Philippine crocodile, also known as the Mindoro crocodile, is a freshwater reptile considered to be among the endangered species. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco)

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obeyken

I wonder if those yolks would make a good hollandaise sauce.
Blaze Curry

Cute, and yet somehow terrifying at the same time.
It’s those eyes, man…those empty, I’m-gonna-eat-you eyes.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LASB6XVBRXM7BESRM6IGLWNIFQ Kat

Cute little dinosaurs.
- Rachel Anderson
  
  No, BIRDS are dinosaurs. Crocodylia coexisted with dinos :]
dmcinnes

Need to get a chorus line of these little guys with hats and canes singing “Hello My Baby”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU1MAokrrUk
- http://twitter.com/SusanFelicity Susan
  
  I like the original better . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsROL4Kf8QY completely ripped off Warner Brothers; and can’t say I like the ‘alien’ better – the frog has more personality. :)
http://twitter.com/erg79 Evan G.

Once you know about balut, hard to think about eggs in the Philippines the same way again.
awjt

EEEEW! + Cute!!! = alligator hatchlings covered in bloody yolky shell bits
Jamie Austin

Wish there was an audio clip. I imagine they make cute pipping/hissing noises.
http://www.facebook.com/chloe.neill Chloe Neill

Is anybody else having really unfortunate Jurassic Park flashbacks?
http://twitter.com/MutantBrides Alex Dean Cybulski

This caption to this picture should be: “WE LIVE! HISSSSSS!!!!”
Donald Petersen

Ain’t heard this one in a while:

I, for one, welcome our newborn reptiloid yolk-sucking overlords.

Coochie-coo.
nosehat

I love how, within their first second of existence in the world, they look like they are eager to attack something. No confusion. No taking a moment to get their bearings. Only an immediate enthusiasm to bite something.
- http://www.mrericsir.com MrEricSir
  
  And it looks like they even have teeth when they come out of the shell!
querent

death is so cute.
Phil Salkie

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleiner Krokodil.
Komm aus Ägypten, das liegt direkt am Nil.
Zuerst lag ich in einem Ei,
dann schni-,schna-,schnappte ich mich frei…
http://twitter.com/davesgeekyideas Dave Delisle

Raptors? You bred Raptors!?
hypnosifl

I found it interesting to learn that crocs and alligators aren’t actually just mindless killing machines and are noticeably smarter than other reptiles, capable of learning and a fair amount of sociability (by reptile standards), maybe not surprising since they’re the ones most closely related to dinosaurs and birds…you can go here and here for some short discussions of their intelligence.
Theodosia

They’re so cute when they’re little! (No, seriously!)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1006412976 Caolán Ó Broin

you’ve got a trex?