"Alfred Alligator" Alpha's ABC's Featured Character

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"Alfred Alligator"

Hey Kids! Alpha's ABC's Featured Character

October 3rd 2011 Is:       "Alfred Alligator"

Here are a few interesting Alligator facts :
 
American alligators are mostly found in the southeastern United States. You're most likely to spot them in Florida and Louisiana, where they live in creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, bayous, and marshes. Alligators are reptiles and are kind of clumsy on land, but they're built for life in the water. Great swimmers, they have webbed feet and very strong tails that propel them through the water. 
An average male American alligator is 10 to 15 feet  (three to five meters) long. Half of its length is its massive, strong tail. An alligator can weigh as much as half a ton (1,000 pounds), but the average male gator weighs between 500 and 600 pounds . Females are usually smaller than males. 
Female alligators may look pretty ferocious but they are actually really good mothers to their young. A mother alligator builds a nest on shore close to the water and this is where she lays her eggs. She then guards thoser eggs until they're ready to hatch. At that point the babies start to make noises, and their mother hears her little ones' peeps as they break out of the eggs. She gently carries them in her mouth to the water.
Newly hatched young are only about six to eight inches long, and are very vulnerable. Their mother protects them from predators, which include raccoons, bobcats, birds, and even other alligators. The young alligators stay with their mom for up to two years. After that, they're pretty much ready to make it on their own.
In the wild, an American alligator generally lives to be 35 to 50 years old. Alligators can live longer, for 60 to 80 years in captivity. A group of alligators is called a congregation.

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