LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, Fla. – People in one Florida Keys neighborhood got quite a surprise on Tuesday.
They found this large crocodile laying her eggs right there by the sidewalk.
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A resident at 321 Tollgate Shores Drive in Lower Matecumbe Key called about 8 a.m. and said it appeared the 9-foot long crocodile was nesting. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers responded to U.S. 1 near mile marker 74 and trapped the reptile.
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The croc had just laid 27 eggs.
She will be relocated.