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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
THE CROCODILIAN FAMILY 
Among these obviously contented reptiles are several specimens hatched from eggs in the Reptile 
House over twenty years ag'o, and others that were captives long before the Zoological Park was estab¬ 
lished. The largest specimen—over eleven feet in length, is a Florida crocodile. Every year the Reptile 
House receives many small alligators, brought north by tourists. In the improper quarters that these 
misguided seekers for strange pets keep the little reptiles, they refuse food. Ultimately they find their 
way to the Park, where in the humid warmth of the Reptile House they thrive and steadily grow. 
Photograph by Elwin R. Sanborn. 
