There is a salt-water crocodile breeding centre at Bhagabatpur near Bakkhali within Sundarban Biosphere Reserve set up in mid -seventies when there was apprehension that estuarine crocodile may become extinct in the Sundarbans like rhino and water buffalo. Every year about 15 babies survive in the hatchery and when they become 3 years old, they are released in rivers in batches of 20, some being tagged.
The normal colour of baby estuarine crocodile is yellow.
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