A nuclear plant south of Miami cut 168 miles of ditches into the marl to get rid of its waste heat, and the dirt it piled up between them is now the densest American crocodile nursery in the country, with 606 hatchlings counted last season

1.0Autonotionhttps://www.autonocion.com/usLuis Reyeshttps://www.autonocion.com/us/author/luisreyes/A nuclear plant south of Miami cut 168 miles of ditches into the marl to get rid of its waste heat, and the dirt it piled up between them is now the densest American crocodile nursery in the country, with 606 hatchlings counted last seasonrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QXRRSvnJSZ"><a href="https://www.autonocion.com/us/nuclear-canals-crocodile-nursery-florida/">A nuclear plant south of Miami cut 168 miles of ditches into the marl to get rid of its waste heat, and the dirt it piled up between them is now the densest American crocodile nursery in the country, with 606 hatchlings counted last season</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autonocion.com/us/nuclear-canals-crocodile-nursery-florida/embed/#?secret=QXRRSvnJSZ" width="600" height="338" title="“A nuclear plant south of Miami cut 168 miles of ditches into the marl to get rid of its waste heat, and the dirt it piled up between them is now the densest American crocodile nursery in the country, with 606 hatchlings counted last season” — Autonotion" data-secret="QXRRSvnJSZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/turkey-point-reactor-crocodiles-768x432.jpg600338