We are very interested in crocodiles, over here in the UAE.

They’re big, they’re ugly, they’re dangerous and they’re here.

They do not occur in nature anywhere around the Gulf, far as I know, but that has not stopped the operators of Dubai Mall from bringing over a pair, dubbed King Croc and Queen Croc, from Australia.

And they are expecting 59 babies.

The croc story has been big since their arrival, in June, from Australia, via a chartered 747, The National reported.

They were placed in the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, which is located in the Dubai Mall — which claims to be the world’s largest mall, by area.

In the following months, we did a story on watching King Croc eat (12 pounds of meat per day), and then a followup on the unlikelihood that the king and queen would reproduce, given that the queen is thought to be 80 years old — past egg-laying age, generally. (The king is a sprightly lad of 40 or so.)

But now we have word about a clutch of eggs, and the prospect of hatchlings any day now.

This is good news for Dubai Mall. Not only does it have very large crocodiles, not only can shoppers watch them eat, they soon will be joined by little crocs.

Let’s go shopping!