American Alligator By Caden

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISITCS Alligators can

have a length of 18 feet.

Alligator weigh between 450 and 600 lbs.

The alligator’s colors are black, green, and brown.

LIFESPAN An alligator’s

lifespan is between 30-50 years.

EATING HABITS Alligators are

carnivores and that means they eat meat.

Alligators eat animals such as fish, turtles, various mammals, birds, and reptiles.

POPULATION There are about

five million alligators left in North America.

Alligator lives in Flordia, Southeren Texas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

ADAPTATIONS The alligator’s

claws help it scratch its prey.

The alligator’s tail helps it swim.

The alligator’s teeth help it rip flesh.

FUN FACTS An alligator has no

vocal cords. Alligators became

the official state reptile of Florida in 1987.

ENDANGERED BECAUSE The alligator is

endangered because it is hunted, getting hit by cars, and losing its habitat.

REFERENCE Defenders of the Wild. 2

012. www.defenders.org