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Kolkata: The state Forest department has stumbled upon what could be a new habitat for saltwater crocodiles at Nijkasba under Bajkul Range in East Midnapore district. The department officials are delighted as there has been no earlier history of crocodile in that area. In the last few days the department officials have found three crocodile hatchlings in the area each measuring 13-14 cm. So some of the crocodiles have migrated towards this place," said Vinod Kumar Yadav, state Chief Wildlife Warden. The saltwater crocodile inhabits coastal brackish mangrove swamps and river deltas..