alligators

1. alligators By Ashlyn and raif

2. Description and how long they can grow and the usual place you would find them. • They have huge tails, and powerful jaws and a toothy grin that few people would trust. • They can grow up to 13 to 17 feet long. • The usual places you would find them is southeastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.

3. Their habitat, their neighbors, and where they live. • Their habitats are freshwater lakes, rivers, and marshes. • Some of their neighbors are rattlesnakes, red eared sliders, and herons. • Some alligators live in swamps, lakes, and slow moving rivers.

4. behavior • Alligators usually mate during the spring. • She lays 20 to 60 white eggs at a time in the nest. • The eggs hatch after about 65 days.

5. Physical features and their life cycle • Male American alligators measure about 11 feet[ 3.4 meters] in length on average. • The Chinese alligator normally grow to length of about 5 feet [1.5 meters]. • Alligators can live about 50 years in their lives.

6. food • Alligators eat mostly fish, snakes, and turtles, but do consume other animals. • These large reptiles are ambush predators and stealthy swimmers, able to avoid making ripples in the water as they sneak toward their prey. • Also, by lungs, alligators can control the depth at which they float.

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