ALLIGATORS
Reptile - Vertebrate - Carnivore
Reptile - Vertebrate - Carnivore
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Male: Bull
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Female: Cow
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Young: Hatchling
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ALLIGATORS
- 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).
- Are born with one extra-long tooth - an 'egg tooth'. This tooth enables them to break out of their shells.
- 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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AMERICAN ALLIGATORS
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