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A line drawn in pencil marks the top of each alligator egg placed in a container for transport to a laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The lines help wildlife biologists keep the eggs properly oriented. The eggs were removed from a nest on spaceport property. Kennedy’s Ecological Program studies several facets of alligator health, including nesting. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 140,000 acres that provide a habitat for more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.