American_Alligators

American Alligators The American Alligator is one of the largest reptiles in the world weighing from 450 to 500 pounds. The length of an adult varies from 13 to 18 feet. The tail is about half of the length. The alligator and the crocodile are very similar in appearance but there is a difference. The crocodile has a different jaw structure and habitat. The American alligator has a stockier build and broader head and facial features. They have large scales, prominent eyes and nostrils and are almost black in color. The average lifespan is fifty years. Babies feed on insects, shrimp. Tadpoles, frogs, and fish, while adults eat turtles, fish, raccoons, birds and alligator, alligators, raccoons, large, american, years, within, length, hatch, florida, fish, female, eggs, crocodile, birds, young, world, while, weighing, weeks, victims, very, vegetation, varies, two, turtles, through, texas, tail, tadpoles, swamps, sun, structure, stockier, southeastern, snakes, similar, shrimp, shallow, season, scales, rivers, reptiles, ready, prominent, predator, pounds, ponds, percent, otters