Contents Thick-Skinned Reptiles Chinese vs. American 4 8 Alligator Hatchlings 15 Living Alone 16 Alligators Up Close 20 An Alligator Tale 22 Index 24 3 ALLIGATORS
An alligator's tail is about half its total length Alligators are big reptiles Thick skin covers their long bodies Alligators have wide U-shaped snouts They spend much of their lives in water ALLIGATORS 4 reptile an animal that has scaly skin and a body that is always as warm or as cold as the air around it snout the projecting part of an animal's face that includes the nose and mouth
