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Alligator Mississippiensis

Primarily

swamps, marshes, and small bodies of water. Creates burrows to hibernate in when temperatures fall. Will seek water when their habitat dries, even going into cities and sometimes into a swimming pool! Southeastern USA, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, etc.

typically reach 13 to 15 feet long from snout to tail.(19.8 feet was largest reported) Females average only 10 feet Wide snouts, upper teeth overlap lower, 7480 teeth Can be characterized in two groups, those who are long and thin, and those who are short and stocky. Usually olive drab or dark brown in appearance. Some are albino however, and others have a natural camouflage of yellow stripes.
Males

usually eat a variety of small invertebrates, fish, frogs, and insects. As they age they will tackle larger and larger prey, such as turtles, until becoming to where they can eat almost anything. Have been known to attack pets and children Opportunistic feeders, and will take what they can get, eating things like carrion.
Babies

Hunting

for skins Alligator Wrestling Food Killed because they are considered by some to be dangerous Low Risk, numbering over 1,000,000

Their

upper jaw overlaps the lower, giving them all overbite 74-80 teeth can survive freezing water

Have They

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/csp_amis

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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a

nimals/reptiles/american-alligator.html
http://agrigator.ifas.ufl.edu/gators/

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