Alligator

Common Name: Alligator Scientific name: American Alligator

__//**HABITAT**//__


 * They American Alligator lives in swamps.

__//**RANGE**//__


 * Only Native in the United States.
 * Only Native in China also.

__//**PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS**//__


 * The animal is a Reptile.
 * It is light green or dark green.
 * It is said to be 6-12 feet at full mature.
 * It has lined spikes down it's back.
 * Its life-span is approximately 50 less or more.

__//**DIET**//__


 * The American Alligator eats fish, insects, crustaceans, gar, turtles, other reptiles.
 * Also eats Carrions, bears, and Apex predator.

__//**BEHAVIOR AND ADAPTATIONS**//__


 * They care for there young.
 * They do not hibernate.
 * They undergo at periods of democracy when weather becomes cold.

__//**REPRODUCTION**//__


 * When a male at the age of 12 they start reproducing.

__//**RELATIONSHIP TO PEOPLE**//__


 * Some humans do eat alligator.
 * We use some of there bones for tools.
 * We also use for entertainment by a human wrestling a alligator.
 * So yes it must be Domesticated then.

__//**STATUS**//__


 * They are threatened by the Federal Government.

__//**HISTORY**//__


 * They have notable ancestors. ( Crocodiles)
 * They have evolved over time by used to only be able to be in water but now can go on land for awhile but not to long or there scales will dry out which is not good for them.

__//**OTHER INFORMATION**//__

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__//**SOURCES**//__


 * Animaldiversityweb,com
 * Universitymichaganmuseumofzoology.com
 * Wikipedia
 * Laman Tim, National Geographic
 * Goole
 * Youtube