ALLIGATORS Table of Contents Thick-Skinned Reptiles Chinese vs American Alligator Hatchlings Living Alone Alligators Up-close An Alligator Tale Read More Websites Index 4 8 15 16 20 22 24 24 24
ALLIGATORS An alligator’s tail is about half its total length Alligators are big reptiles Thick skin covers their long bodies Alligators have wide U-shaped snouts They spend much of their lives in water reptiles animals that have scaly skin and a body that is always as warm or as cold as the air around it snouts the projecting parts of animals faces that include the nose and mouth
Amazing Animals: Alligators
This revised edition surveys key aspects of alligators, describing the scaly reptiles’ appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures dislike dogs.
