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America's Largest Reptile
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How to Estimate an Alligator's Length, estimate the distance from the
eyes to the nose.
One inch = One Foot
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How Big Is This One?
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Cold-blooded:
Gators Regulate Their Temperature
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A Great Set of Teeth
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Mother Gators Lay 20-60 Eggs
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Newly-hatched babies are
6 to 9 inches long.
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Scientists Sometimes Count Eggs in a Nest
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Mothers Defend their Nests
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An Alligator Pod or Creche
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Big Gator, Big Prey (a deer)
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Smaller Gator, Smaller Prey (a fawn)
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Even Eating Another Gator
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A Winter Den To Keep Warm
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Keeping Warm or Cool
Under Water
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These Kids are Too Close!
Being an Alligator Isn't Always Easy
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She became blind, and couldn't find food.
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This Gator had been shot,
but lived.
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Stuck in a Pier
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Caught by a Fish Hook
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Don't try this at home!
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A Gator? No, it's a...
Frog!
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