It's that time of year again - ALLIGATOR NEST RAIDS! 🐊😲 Our female alligators started laying eggs this week and it was up to the reptiles team to get them out safely during this dangerous task! ❓Why do we have to remove the eggs❓ 🐊 Alligators are cannibalistic, meaning that if we allow the eggs to hatch the 55 other adult alligators have a high chance of eating the baby alligators 🐊 Australian summers can get extremely hot (and this year, it's wet as well!) 🐊 We can monitor the eggs in an i

The Australian Reptile Park says keepers carried out a "highly dangerous" mission to collect eggs from an alligator nest in a bid to save them from cannibalistic gators at the park and the country's heat. | CBS News