Nature

Crocodile Mom Scoops Up Babies in Mouth

Clip: Season 35 Episode 7 | 2m 25s  | Video has closed captioning.

In Uganda, a Nile crocodile comes ashore to gather her babies. Despite having the most powerful bite in nature, she carefully gathers them in a throat pouch beneath her deadly teeth and shepherds them to the water. An animatronic 'spy croc' tags along for the ride.

Aired: 02/01/17

Rating: NR

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