American Alligators

American Alligators — page 1 — www northstareditions com Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions Lake Elmo MN 55042 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Produced for North Star Editions by Red Line Editorial Photographs Heiko Kiera Shutterstock Images cover 1 Juan Gracia Shutterstock Images 4 5 stephenallen75 iStockphoto 8 9 Arto Hakola Shutterstock Images 11 Svetlana Foote Shutterstock Images 13 29 TonyTaylorStock iStockphoto 14 15 John Zocco Shutterstock Images 16 Catcher of Light Inc Shutterstock Images 18 169 red_moon_rise iStockphoto 21 wowwa iStockphoto 22 23 27 top David Unger Shutterstock Images 25 27 bottom right KlemannLee Shutterstock Images 26 Brian Lasenby Shutterstock Images 27 bottom left ISBN 978-1-63517-027-6 hardcover 978-1-63517-083-2 paperback 978-1-63517-186-0 ebook pdf 978-1-63517-136-5 hosted ebook Library of Congress Control Number 2016951027 Printed in the United States of America Mankato MN November 2016 About the Author Tyler Omoth is the author of more than two dozen books for children on topics ranging from baseball to Stonehenge to turkey hunting He loves going to sporting events and taking in the sun at the beach Omoth lives in sunny Brandon Florida with his wife Mary

American Alligators — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Freshwater Reptiles 5 CHAPTER 2 Scaly Swimmers 9 CHAPTER 3 Sensing and Stalking Prey 15 THAT’S AMAZING Extraordinary Eyelids 20 CHAPTER 4 Alligator Families 23 (cid:12)(cid:37)(cid:26)(cid:42)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:35)(cid:28)(cid:39)(cid:32)(cid:26)(cid:24)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:34)(cid:34)(cid:32)(cid:30)(cid:24)(cid:41)(cid:37)(cid:39)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:1)(cid:58)(cid:50) (cid:13)(cid:34)(cid:37)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:24)(cid:39)(cid:46)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:57) (cid:22)(cid:37)(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:28)(cid:24)(cid:39)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:37)(cid:39)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:56) (cid:15)(cid:36)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:45)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:58)

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American Alligators — page 4 — CHAPTER 1 FRESHWATER REPTILES The American alligator is the largest reptile in North America The greatest numbers of these predators live in Florida southern Georgia and Louisiana The largest American alligators are approximately 11 feet 3 4 m long 5

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