American crocodile seen on Florida beach in rare sighting

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — An eight-foot American crocodile was spotted relaxing on the beach in a "rare sighting" on Sunday in Melbourne, Florida.  Wo...

December 9, 2022
11:20 PM

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — An eight-foot American crocodile was spotted relaxing on the beach in a "rare sighting" on Sunday in Melbourne, Florida.  Working staff from the Environmentally Endangered Lands Program photographed the crocodile, which was lounging in front of the Barrier Island Center along Melbourne Beach, the program wrote on its Facebook page.  It's pretty rare to see these large reptiles that far north in Florida; the center says crocs "typically live in coastal areas throughout the Caribean, and southern Florida is at the very north end of their range.

BriShon Mitchell