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taste like chicken
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A male alligator can live to be 50 years old.
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wow
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Alligators are less aggressive than crocodiles
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Alligators are shy and good at hiding.
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Alligators will grow approximately 12 inches a year
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Most females get to be about 9 feet and males can grow to 13 feet or more.
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The first year a baby alligator will triple in length.
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A female will help her new hatchlings if they call for help.
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A baby alligator is about 9 inches long.
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The baby alligator uses an 'egg tooth' to push its way through the tough shell.
It really is not a tooth, just a hard tip on the end of their noses that will fall off soon after they hatch.
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The eggs must be kept warm for two to three months before they can hatch.
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An alligator egg is about twice the size of a chickens egg.
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The female watches and protects her eggs.
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Fully grown females can lay more than 50 eggs at a time.
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Female alligators do the choosing of mates not the males.
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Alligators hibernate during cold weather.
Much like bears they eat next to nothing during their 'sleep'.
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Alligators pant to cool themselves off.
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Alligators very seldom fight over territory.
They close their mouths and force air through their nostrils and make a deep bellowing sound to mark their territory.
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Alligators will swallow their pray whole.
There jaws are not good for chewing.
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Alligators have an extra eyelid that helps them see in the water.
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An Alligator tires quickly on land.
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Alligator's can swim about 20 miles per hour
They swim about the same speed as two people paddling a canoe.
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Alligators live mostly in fresh water.
Some have been seen in a salt and fresh water mix but they cannot tolerate all salt water.
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