TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY KATELL ABIVEN & RIGOBERTO DIAZ
An employee of the Cuban crocodile breeding center extracts eggs from a nest to transfer them to hatching chambers, in Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba, on june 14, 2021. - Considered critically endangered, the Cuban crocodile sees the purity of its race threatened by the fieryness of its American cousin. Faced with this reality, scientists wonder if they shouldn't just let Mother Nature decide. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP)