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Checking Up on the World's Loneliest Crocodile

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The Dry Tortugas are a cluster of desert islands seventy miles off Key West. Recently, Mark Hedden had the chance to get up close and personal with the only American Crocodile seen there since Ponce de Leon arrived in 1513.

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