The little crocs make an "umph! umph! umph!" sound right before they hatch, Amelie Vergne and Nicolas Mathevon of Universite Jean Monnet in Saint-Etienne, France reported.
And it's not just the floodwaters that are dangerous, news reports that there have been several sightings of crocodiles and snakes that have been carried a long in the floods.
Drift across lotus-covered flood plains, … past Jabiru and Magpie Geese, … and say G'day to the parks most famous residents, the salt and fresh water crocodiles.
Reptiles lay eggs with hard shells. Lizards, snakes and tortoises are reptiles which live mainly on land while crocodiles, alligators and turtles live in water.