Wildlife: American Alligator, 1 by Thaumaturgist

Thaumaturgist wrote:
One of the few creatures that had existed on this earth in excess of 200 plus million years is the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).

In the same family but distinctly different from the Indian Gavial (Gavialis gangeticus) and the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), the Gator has staged
a stunning comeback from the possibility of extinction.

In its current range covering almost all of Florida, parts of Georgia and South Carolina, the Gator switches back and forth at ease between bodies of freshwater,
saltwater and brackish water.

On a cold January morning (42 Deg. F), they are sunning on the banks of a huge fenceless lake behind my office.


This message was edited Feb 8, 2005 9:36 PM