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Rock-a-bye baby crocodilian.


Rock-a-bye baby
This article is about the film. For the nursery rhyme see Rock-a-bye Baby.


Rock-A-Bye Baby was filmed from November 18, 1957-January 8, 1958. It was released on July 23, 1958 by Paramount Pictures.
 crocodilian

These broad-snouted caimans are what's new at the Bronx (N.Y.) Zoo.

Eighteen of the endangered members of the crocodilian order were hatched last month from two different moms given to the Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo
 formally New York Zoological Park

Zoo in New York City. It opened in 1899 on 265 acres (107 hectares) in the northwestern area of the Bronx. In 1941 it added the 4-acre (1.
 by Japan's Atagawa Tropical Gardens. Their birthdays mark the first time a second generation of exotic crocodilian has been bred in a zoo. While the baby caimans are a handful now, they'll grow to be 9 feet long and will weigh as much as 150 pounds. Zoo officials hope to eventually return future generations of broad-snouted caimans and other rare reptile species to the wild. The zoo has also successfully bred other crocodilians, including the Chinese alligator Noun 1. Chinese alligator - small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits
Alligator sinensis

gator, alligator - either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
, the Malayan false garial, the Siamese crocodile The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a freshwater crocodile native to Borneo, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. This species of crocodile was thought to be extinct in 2001 but it is still alive. , the Cuban crocodile and the Yacare caiman.
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Date:Aug 15, 1987
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