ALLIGATORS
Reptile      -      Vertebrate     -      Carnivore

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AMERICAN ALLIGATORS

Alligators …
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Are native to only two countries - the United States and China

• Live in fresh-water environments - ponds, marshes, wetlands, rivers, lakes and swamps  
• Are cold-blooded
• Feed mostly at night.  They eat fish, birds, turtles and, sometime, deer
• Have been living on earth for millions of years and are described as 'living fossils'
• Can weigh as much as 1,000 lbs
• Eggs become male or female depending upon the temperature  - male in warmer temperatures (90 - 93 degrees) and female in cooler temperatures (82 - 88 degrees)
• An adult human could hold the jaws of an alligator shut with their bare hands and the alligator's jaw muscles are quite weak
• Balance twigs on their noses to lure birds looking for nest-building materials

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Male   .................................................................  Bull
Female   .............................................................. Cow
Young  ................................................................ Hatchling

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
1.  A bask of alligators
2.  A congregation of alligators

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IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. See you later, alligator
   

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