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Alvaro Velasco, 66, a biologist and president of the Group of Crocodile Specialists of Venezuela (GECV), helps an Orinoco crocodile hatch from its egg at the Leslie Pantin Zoo in Turmero, Aragua State, Venezuela, on April 21, 2025. The scientists breed captive adults kept at the Leslie Pantin Zoo and at Masaguaral Ranch where they raise the babies, feed them a diet of chicken, beef and vitamins until they are about a year old and grow to a weight of around 6 kg (13 lb). “People ask me, 'Why crocodiles? They're ugly,”' Velasco said. “To me, they’re fabulous animals”. (Photo by Gby Oraa/Reuters)
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