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TABLE OF CONTENTS


 * //PAGE1 ..........................................................................................DESCRIPTION

PAGE2............................................................................................AN ALLIGATORS DIET

PAGE3.............................................................................................ATTAKS ON PEOPLE

PAGE4..............................................................................................HABITAT

PAGE5...............................................................................................BEHAVIOR

PAGE6................................................................................................FARMING

PAGE7.................................................................................................HOW IT REPRODUCES

PAGE8................................................................................................CONCLUSION

PAGE 9...............................................................................................BIBLYOGRAPHY

PAGE1 __DESCRIPTION(INTRODUCTION)__

AN ALLIGATOR IS A DIFFERENT VERSION OF A CROCIDILE. ALLIGATORS ARE PART OF ALLIGATORIDAE FAMILY. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ALLIGATORS THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND THE CHINESE ALLIGATOR. THEY HAVE A SOMEWHAT WIDER SNOUT THAN A CROCADILE SNOUT. ALLIGATORS HAVE A DARKER SKIN SO THAT IT CAN ATTACK IT'S PREY WHILE BEING CAMOFLAUGED. ANYBODY CAN USE A LIGHT TO FIND ALLIGATORS IN THE DARK BECAUSE THEIR EYES GLOW GREEN WHEN LIGHT IS SHINED ON THEM.



PAGE2. __AN ALLIGATORS DIET__.//**
 * //WHEN AN ALLIGATOR IS NEW BORN THEY EAT MAINLY EAT FISH, INSECTS, SNAILS,AND OTHER REPTILES.WHEN THEY ARE OLDER THEIR PRAY GETS LARGER SUCH AS CANTOLOPE, LARGER FISH, AND TURTLES. SOMTIMES THEY EAT PEOPLE IF BOTHERED TO MUCH.//**



AND IN THE YEARS 2001 THROUGH 2006 ELEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.//**
 * //PAGE 3 ATTACKS ON PEOPLE.//**
 * //PEOPLES DEATH BY ALLIGATORS HAVE INCREASED! SINCE 1997 THROUGH 2000 NINE FATAL ATTACKS IN THE U.S.A,




 * //PAGE 4 ALLIGATORS HABITAT.//**


 * //ALLIGATORS LIVE IN ONLY 2 COUTRIES AMERICA AND CHINA. MOST OF AMERICAN ALLIGATORS LIVE IN THE SOUTH EAST IN THE U.S AND IN FLORIDA. MOST OF THE AMERICAN ALLIGATORS LIVE IN FRESH WATER HABITATS.THE ONLY KNOWN CHINESE ALLIGATORS ARE FOUND IN THE YANGZE RIVER.//**




 * //PAGE 5 BEHAVIOR.//**
 * //A LARGE MALE ALLIGATOR IS KNOWN TO BE TERRITORIAL. YONGER ALLIGATORS ARE IN CLOSE PROXSIMITY IN LARGE NUMBERS.EVEN IF AN ALLIGATOR IS FAT IT CAN STILL USE BURSTS OF SPEED TO CATCH ITS PREY.ALLIGATORS MAILY EAT PREY THAT THEY CAN CATCH AND ARE ABLE TO EAT IN ONE BITE.WHEN A ALLIGATOR WANTS TO CATCH A EVEN LARGER PREY THE WAIT FOR IT TO DRINK WATER.AND GO AFTER IT AND DRAG IT DOWN THE WATER.



PAGE 6 FARMING.//**
 * //ALLIGATOR FARMS IS WHEN PEOPLE CAN BY ALLIGATORS. TEXAS AND LOUISIANA HAVE COMBINED A TOTAL OF 45,000 FARMS.ALLIGATOR HIDES 6-7 FOOT ALLIGATORS FOR $300 EACH. THE MARKET OF ALLIGATOR MEAT IS OVER 30,000 POUNDS THAT IS PRODUCED ANUALLY.THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTER SAYS THAT RAW ALLIGATOR MEAT HAS ABOUT 200 CALORIES PER 3 OZ. SERVING SIZE.THAT HAS 27 CALORIES OF FAT.//**


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PAGE 7 HOW DOES ALLIGATORS REPRODUCE.

MATING BEINS IN THE SPRING. THE MATURE WHEN THEY ARE AT 6 FEET LONG. THE FEMALE ALLIGATOR BIULDS A NEST OF VEGATATION. THE NEST IS PERFECT BECAUSE IT CAN KEEP THE EGGS WARM IF THE MORTHER IS AWAY AND IT CAN HIDE THEM FROM SNAKES.



PAGE 8 CONCLUSION

IN CONCLUSION ALLIGATORS GO THROUGH ALL OF WHAT I EXPLAIND. THE ALLIGATOR IS A MEAN SOMTIMES CAN GET JEALOUS TO AND THEY FIGHT ALOT.

PAGE 9. BIBLYOGRAPHY//**

LIOYD,J & MITCHINSON: THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORACE. FABER & FABER, 2006