they can run up to 30 miles per hour for short distances, and in the water they use their huge and powerful tales to easily and graceful push themselves through the water. After getting the prey close enough, the gator will bite down with 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch, one of the strongest bites in the world (Crawford 1992). Prey of the alligator can include fish, birds, turtles, snakes, mammals, and amphibians. The hatchlings tend to prey on invertebrates, insects, larvae, snails, spiders…
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