What do alligators look like?
Alligators are large, lizard-shaped reptiles that have a scaly, dark-colored
skin and a broad snout and long muscular tail.
Young alligators have bright stripes and yellow blotches. As they
grow older their skin becomes dark.
Alligators will eat almost anything. They
can lay very still in the water while they wait for something to come
along that they can eat. Alligators will sometimes hurt people.
What do
Crocodiles look Like? Return
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Crocodiles
look different from alligators. The crocodiles have tapered and triangular-shaped snouts with
teeth
that show on either side of the jaw and are
colored grayish green, dark olive or gray-brown across the back."
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the following website: (http://www.fpl.com/environment/endangered/contents/
american_alligators.shtml#TopOfPage)
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