61. Carolina Biological: Wildlife Of The Alligator River: The American Alligator alligators play an important ecological role during a drought deep holes, or “dens,”that provide water for themselves and the rest of the wildlife community http://www.carolina.com/redwolf/animals/alligator.asp

E-Tips newsletters Sign up for our E- T ips newsletters and receive information about classroom activities, new products and services, and other resources to make your job better and easier. The American Alligator Length 6 ft to 19 ft 2 in. (1.8 m to 5.4 m) Habitat Fresh and brackish marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers, and swamps Typical diet Fish, small mammals, birds, turtles, snakes, frogs and invertebrates Similar species Crocodile, caiman The American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) is the largest reptile in North America. Alligators play an important ecological role during a drought. Alligators are typically black, with yellowish or cream crossbands that become less apparent with age. Alligators and crocodiles are closely related, but it's easy to tell the difference. Alligators have broad, rounded snouts and don't have exposed fourth teeth on their lower jaws. Crocodiles have narrow, pointed snouts and do have exposed fourth teeth on their lower jaws. Methods of hunting Alligators are excellent swimmers and typically lurk in the water and wait for their prey.

62. Wildlife Center - Miami Museum Of Science & Planetarium relationship to wildlife and our own essential human needs. Handson activitiesare combined with live Everglades animals such as juvenile alligators, snakes http://www.miamisci.org/www/wildlife_wildlifeeducation.html

Adopt-A-Bird of Prey Wildlife Education Partnerships Current Weather Temp: Humidity: Wind: ESE 0.4 mph Rain: 0.00" Wildlife Education The Miami Museum of Science's Bird of Prey Center brings you WOW! - Wildlife Outreach Wonders! These hands-on, educational programs use live animals to teach students about Florida's unique, fragile environment. Our wildlife specialists will come to your classroom, community center, auditorium or other location to teach kids about Florida wildlife, their role in our environment and what humans can do to help them. Programs can be tailored to suit any age group. For those who can't break away from the school, now we also offer Virtual Wildlife experiences via videoconferencing in a program entitled, "When Animals Talk." W.O.W. Program Choices: We'll bring a bird of prey and a selection of native and exotic reptiles, such as snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises. We'll talk about how each is unique and yet interdependent. We provide time for questions and answers, and hands-on opportunities with the reptiles. Tailored to suit any age group, this program covers: Animals' roles in the environment Habitat destruction Pesticide poisoning Wildlife conservation One-hour program for up to 75 students in the classroom ($125) or in an auditorium ($200). Call Denise to reserve your space, (305) 646-4245, or send an

63. Everglades National Park: Flamingo Wildlife Calendar We as visitors in their home should treat them with respect. Please do not feedor harass any of the birds, alligators or other wildlife in the park. http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/wildlife.htm

Flamingo Wildlife Calendar E V E R G L A D E S N A T I O N A L P A R K Included in this page January February March April ... December This is a general guide to the annual cycle of natural events in the Flamingo area. We hope to have similar information available soon for other areas of the park, so check back for updates! Events may vary by several weeks due to seasonal changes in the weather. January Ospreys ( Pandion haliaetus can be seen carrying nesting material along the shores of Florida Bay. Look for Barred Owls ( Strix varia ) courting in the mangroves and hammocks. On cool mornings check the boat basin at the marina for Manatees ( Trichechus manatus ). While at the marina check for flocks of Black Skimmers ( Rynchops niger on the Whitewater Bay boat ramp. Check Mrazek Pond for the possibility of large groups of wading birds. February Reddish Egrets ( Dichromanassa rufescens and Red-Shouldered Hawks ( Buteo lineatus begin their nesting. Check Eco Pond for the nesting Moorhens ( Gallinula chloropus and feeding wading birds. Manatees may be found at the marina on cool mornings. By the end of the month spring is in the air: Laughing Gulls

64. National Wildlife: Gators Locators - Alligators: Skin Nodules - Brief Article from her work is simple, Soares says Don t go splashing around if you re in a pondfull of alligators. . COPYRIGHT 2002 National wildlife Federation COPYRIGHT http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1169/is_2002_Oct-Nov/ai_92409053

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); Advanced Search Home Help IN all publications this publication Reference Automotive Business Computing Entertainment Health News Reference Sports YOU ARE HERE Articles National Wildlife Oct-Nov, 2002 Content provided in partnership with Print friendly Tell a friend Find subscription deals Gators Locators - alligators: skin nodules - Brief Article National Wildlife Oct-Nov, 2002 They may look as tough as rawhide, but alligators have a sensitive side. Thousands of small nodulessprinkled across the creatures' faces like stubbly beardsare highly responsive pressure detectors, according to a recent study. Alligators hunt mostly at night, floating partly submerged and seizing unsuspecting prey. To see if the pentip-sized nodules played a role in hunting, neuroscientist Daphne Soares put young alligators in water tanks in complete darkness and plugged their ears. She then splashed droplets onto the water and recorded the creatures' reactions with infrared film. The temporarily blind and deaf gators turned toward and lunged at ripples from a single drop of water, says Soares, now at the California Institute of Technology. When the nodules were covered, the alligators failed to react to the drops. One practical lesson from her work is simple, Soares says: "Don't go splashing around if you're in a pond full of alligators."

65. Jan. '96 North Coast Journal: Wildlife wildlife. The alligators of Ferndale. by Lisa LaddWilson. It s hard to say exactlywhen the Department of Fish and Game knew it had an unusual case on its hands. http://www.northcoastjournal.com/JAN96/1_96_WLD.HTM

WILDLIFE The alligators of Ferndale by Lisa Ladd-Wilson It's hard to say exactly when the Department of Fish and Game knew it had an unusual case on its hands. Was it in mid-November, when an anonymous caller contacted CalTIP Californians Turn In Poachers and reported two alligators living in Ferndale? Or was it when Fish and Game wardens discovered the alligators were owned by a 77-year-old grandmother of 30? Patrol Lt. Jerry Collins wasn't one of those wardens, but he soon became involved with Verdie Stone and her alligators. And what started as a pre-Thanksgiving confiscation turned into a holiday season shopping trip, with two toothy gifts looking for a home. Collins has seized his share of illegally kept animals in his 23 years with Fish and Game, and there were a few things that flagged this case as different. For one thing, the alligators, nearing 3 feet in length, weren't abused or ill, as are many of the exotic-animals-as-conversation-pieces that Collins sees. "They seem to be healthy," Collins said over the phone. For another, the perpetrator was a very nice great-grandmother who calls just about everyone "dear" or "darling" and loves to tell stories especially stories about growing up in Tulsa, Okla., where she spent her girlhood collecting snakes, small mammals and lizards that folks in those parts call "mountain boomers."

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68. Florida Wildlife - Alligators Pictures of Florida s Wild Animals. Alligator. Most people outsideof Florida can t believe we have wild alligators running around. http://decktech.net/floridawildlife/alligator.html

Pictures of Florida's Wild Animals Alligator Most people outside of Florida can't believe we have wild alligators running around. These guys live in every part of the state, as long as they can get some kind of swamp, and get into all kinds of messes. Generally afraid of humans, you have to look for them, as they are masters at hiding. A relic of the past, they don't need to evolve. They are almost perfectly suited to do what they do. They are armor plated up top, have sharp teeth, are very strong, and possess one mean tail. One last thing. DO NOT FEED ALLIGATORS , this makes them unafraid of humans and as benign as they generally are, they are natural killers, and could easily kill a person if desired. Master of Disguise! Ridged armored back. I've touched Alligator backs, you can NOT believe how tough these things are! In all his glory. Here I risk life and limb to get a picture of a full grown adult. He was about 12-14 feet, and I'm guessing 1500 pounds. Make sure you look at the back and that armor. Believe it or not, the stories about an Alligator's speed are true. They can "explode" at a moment's notice into a short burst of probably 30+ mph. Get the full picture!

69. Animal Plan It-Find Articles About Pets,pet Supplies, Wildlife Pictures And A Lo you will find more articles on animal abuse, more reptile information, more wildlifepictures,cat gifs,dog gifs, information about alligators and snakes and http://www.animalsplanit.com/

Animals Plan It http://www.animalsplanit.com Working on Forum ChatRoom The Humane Society U.S. Pet Rescue Fund Raising ... Contact Charles Welcome to Animals Plan It Home Before you bring it home Working On Pet Talk Forum Shame on You ... Adopt-A- Greyhound Animals Plan It Welcome to Animals Plan It, the website about pets and the care and facts about animals. Matter of fact this website is all about pets. We have a free lost and found pets forum, our pets pictures, exotic pets pictures, our aquarium pets pictures, pets supplies. A comfort letter from your pet, incase, you have gone through the sorrow of a pets death, plus links to the Humane Society if you're looking to adopt pets. Hello Fellow Pet Enthusiasts! My name is Charles E. White and I love animals. I have or had dogs, cats, snakes, iguanas, monitors and alligators. So, I know the responsibility it takes to take care of pets. While this website is about facts and care tips about pets and information pet owners can use, you will also find other interesting facts about wildlife, animal abuse, reptiles and pet supplies. I hope you like the site and come back often. My Pets My dog is a black, long haired German Shepherd named Roscoe that I saved from going to the pound. He has become a great companion and friend. My other half has a white Lhasa Apso name Brutus, that thinks he owns the place and of course is dominant over Roscoe until Roscoe gets upset.

70. Animal Totem Energies: Alligators And Crocodiles For information from myths about alligators to habitat and feeding habits, visitthe Gator Hole Oikiasuchou tells an interesting wildlife Endangered species http://www.serioussilver.com/totemenergy/alligator.html

Member of AvatarSearch OccultLink Crocodilian Totem Energy Animal Totems Energies Animal Totem Energies Crocodylidae Silent and deadly, this fearsome predator lurks in the still waters of nightmare. As we learn of this creature, we find her to be an integral part of the water systems she makes home, and a powerful ally of spirit. Dangerous, yes, but treat her with respect and she has much to offer. Modern dinosaurs, these reptiles descend from the Archosaur of the Triassic period. Beautifully adapted to their habitats, they have survived nearly unchanged in the last 65 million years. Although there are subtle differences between Alligators and Crocodiles, they are similar enough to cover at once. Popular myth once suggested that Alligator jaws hinge on the bottom, and Crocodile on top. In fact, both creatures' jaws hinge in the same manner. The best way to tell them apart is that Alligators have an overbite which covers all their lower teeth, while Crocodiles' teeth interfinger and the lower teeth are visible when their mouths are closed. Crocodiles are also able to subsist in salt water, and have developed salt-extracting tear glands, giving birth to the myth of "crocodile tears." The largest crocodilian species is the Estuarine Crocodile of Australia. "Yai" a captive Crocodile is listed in the Guinness Book of Records at 19' 8". A male American Alligator can grow up to about 13'. Though they were said to grow even larger up to 18' in past centuries, it is rare to see one of this size nowadays, as they are thought a danger and controlled. The Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman grows to only about 4 1/2'. You can estimate an alligator's size by the distance between its eyes. Each inch equals a foot in length.

71. Silver Springs Natural Wildlife Attraction These rides allow you to view additional wildlife. There is a variety of wildlifein this park. There are plenty of alligators to view and watch. http://www.orlandotouristinformationbureau.com/themeparks/silversprings.htm

Silver Springs is a 350 acre nature theme park.This natural attraction offers a wide variety of Wildlife Education, field trips, animal presentations, guided and self-guided tours, hands on presentations with native and exotic animal species. Attractions: Glass Bottom Boats: A dramatic tour of seven major spring formations,including Mammoth Spring, the world's largest artesian spring. Jungle Cruise: An exotic voyage featuring a boat excursion down the Fort King Waterway. Animals from six continents line the banks of the river, including giraffes, zebra, emus and sable antelope. Lost River Voyage: This ride transports guest back in time to wild Florida as it was thousands of years ago. Cypress trees line the banks of the river where alligators, heron and osprey bask. Jeep Safari: Carries passengers deep into one of Florida's primeval forests aboard zebra-striped jeeps and trams. One of the ride's highlights include a trip through a pond containing live alligators.

72. Salt Grass Flats - American Alligator wildlife Reptiles alligators Green Anole RedEared Slider Snakes Mammals ArmadilloBobcat River Otter wildlife Rehab Field Notes Where have you been? http://www.saltgrassflats.com/wildlife/alligator.html

Field Guides Scenic Trips Birds American Bittern American Coot Belted Kingfisher Black-necked Stilt ... Common Moorhen Cormorants Double-crested Neotropical (Olivaceous) Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Phoebe ... Yellow-crowned Night Heron Wildlife Reptiles Alligators Green Anole Red-Eared Slider Snakes Mammals Armadillo Bobcat River Otter Wildlife Rehab Field Notes Where have you been? What wildlife have you seen? What behavior did you observe? Share your experiences here Ask questions of experts. Receive identification help. Post your questions, photos and observations here Email Us Join the update list Click here! The Sibley Guide to Birds contains marvelous illustrations originally drawn by the author using watercolors. This is a great identification guide, not only for adult birds, but juveniles, also. Click here! The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds Eastern Region shows birds in beautiful color photographs and includes in-depth information on each bird. Click here! Birds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) features digitally enhanced photographic images to show the characteristics that are sometimes not apparent in photographs. American Alligator The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) has been a successful predator for the last 200 million years.

73. HB814.html thereof the following (a) It shall be unlawful to hunt any wildlife or feral ahydroplane, a hovercraft, or a motor vehicle; except that alligators may be http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/fulltext/hb814.htm

03 LC 25 3202S A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to provide for the taking of certain wildlife and violations related thereto; to change certain provisions relating to rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; to change certain provisions relating to licenses for archery and primitive weapons hunting, all weapons hunting licenses, license card carrier requirements, and lifetime sportsman s licenses; to change certain provisions relating to trout, big game, and official Georgia waterfowl licenses; to change certain provisions relating to hunting at night; to change certain provisions relating to legal weapons for hunting wildlife generally; to change certain provisions relating to hunting of wildlife or feral hogs from boats, aircraft, or motor vehicles; to repeal certain provisions relating to taking, capturing, and killing diamondback terrapins; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1.

74. Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ to C.Presley s Backyard wildlife Habitat site. Welcome to this habitat s photoalbum. Feel free to browse these photos. back to photo album. two alligators, http://www.enature.com/backyardwildlife/bwh_showhabitat_showImage.asp?imageID=31

75. Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ Presley s Backyard wildlife Habitat site. Welcome to this habitat s photo album.Feel free to browse these photos. back to photo album. mating alligators Tender http://www.enature.com/backyardwildlife/bwh_showhabitat_showImage.asp?imageID=31

76. Wildlife Once an alligator grows larger than 4 feet, it is safe from predators.Without even knowing it, alligators help their wildlife friends. http://www.thebutlerchain.com/wildlife.htm

Introduction to the Lakes Wildlife Discussion Group Another natural resource that graces Central Florida's lakes, rivers and wetlands is a large variety of wildlife. There exists an array of fascinating creatures that depend on the undisturbed wilderness of the swamps and marshes to nest and feed. It is our hope that people will learn to respect these animals and their home sites rather than disrupt and destroy them. Every species plays a very important role in their food web, acting as the watch guard to nature's delicate balance by their mere existence. Gopher Turtle Florida has many varieties of turtles. They, too, serve an important role in the food chain. The Gopher Tortoise , the only land tortoise in the eastern United States, is declining in population rapidly due to human intervention and development. Ninety percent of the gopher tortoises live in Florida. His flattened shovel-like forelimbs and elephant-like hind legs easily recognize him. They live in dry-sandy areas where they make burrows averaging 14 feet in length and 6 feet in depth, allowing the tortoise to turn around at any point. They eat native grasses, legumes, prickly pear cactus and blackberries. Their burrows serve as shelter for many other forms of wildlife such as the endangered indigo snake, skunk, opossum, fox, rabbit, armadillo, quail and the burrowing owl. They are considered a species of special concern. Mammals You may have the pleasure of encountering a River Otter in the lakes. These playful creatures are at home on land or in the water. On land it moves in quick inchworm like fashion, while in the water it tucks its hind legs to its sides, using webbed toes for powerful swimming and its tapered tail as a rudder. This carnivorous creature feeds on fish, frogs, crayfish, rabbits, ducks and aquatic insects

77. HoustonChronicle.com - Study Examines Alligators' Diets To Determine Their Impac share habitat. Of particular interest to state wildlife scientistsis the impact alligators have on mottled ducks. What got this http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/1987756

HoustonChronicle.com Pick a section Home Page Business Classifieds Columnists Comics Community Directory Entertainment Features Health Help Inside Story Marketplace Metropolitan Page 1 News Search Archives Site Map Space Sports Travel Weather Section: Outdoors Section: Shannon Tompkins Current stories in Shannon Tompkins: Tompkins: Poachers are getting away with illegally taking animals Tompkins: Free Fishing Day returns Saturday ... Printer-friendly format July 10, 2003, 1:00AM Study examines alligators' diets to determine their impact on mottled ducks By SHANNON TOMPKINS MATAGORDA County's coastal marsh woke to a typical steamy summer day. Thunderheads boiled back over the Gulf, their cotton-clump forms smeared red and purple, gold and black/blue by the fractured light of the late June dawn. Against that backdrop, knots of birds painted moving, noisy silhouettes over the rich wetlands. A band of ibis sifted down and into the thin water, joining a gathering of wood storks, great blue herons, black-bellied whistling ducks cattle egrets and snowy egrets. The conglomeration of long-legged wading birds stalked the inches-deep flat, probing and poking for food. In the deeper, open areas and in the edges of the vegetation floated the low, dark forms of mottled ducks, the Gulf Coast's endemic waterfowl.

78. HoustonChronicle.com - Tompkins: Beware Of Wildlife ... Feeding Expect the Texas Parks and wildlife Commission to adopt the proposal at August approveda regulation prohibiting feeding of freeranging alligators anywhere in http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/2310264

HoustonChronicle.com Pick a section Home Page Business Classifieds Columnists Comics Community Directory Entertainment Features Health Help Inside Story Marketplace Metropolitan Page 1 News Search Archives Site Map Space Sports Travel Weather Section: Outdoors Section: Shannon Tompkins Section: Sports Current stories in Shannon Tompkins: Tompkins: Poachers are getting away with illegally taking animals Tompkins: Free Fishing Day returns Saturday ... Printer-friendly format Dec. 19, 2003, 11:16PM Beware of wildlife ... feeding By SHANNON TOMPKINS "Wildlife" is a compound word. "Wild" is the relevant part. A lot of people ignore that, to the detriment of the animals and themselves. Deer and alligators, javelinas and raccoons, possums and pigeons are not domestic pets, even if they have become habituated to humans. Truth is, a wild critter habituated to humans or human handouts is trouble waiting to happen. My father, who knew better, proved this point with the squirrels that lived in the oaks along the creek behind his home in East Texas. Dad would sit on his back porch shelling pecans. He pitched a few cracked pecans off the porch for the squirrels. The rodents quickly became enamored of the handouts.

79. Export Of Live American Alligators States, as well as a review of whether or not the export may be detrimental toany wildlife or plant population into which the American alligators may be http://aquanic.org/newsltrs/federal/gator.htm

Export of Live American Alligators DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Notice: Exports of Live American Alligators Contact: Kenneth Stansell, 703-358-2095 Comment Date: 08/25/97 *Notices* (FEDREGISTER 62 FR 34074 06/24/97; 217 lines.) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Exports of Live American Alligators AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. DATES: The Service will consider all information and comments received by August 25, 1997. ADDRESSES: Please send comments to Chief, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Express and messenger deliveries should be addressed to the same address. Materials received will be available for public inspection by appointment from 7:45 am to 4:15 pm, Monday through Friday, at the Office of Management Authority. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Stansell, Chief, Office of Management Authority, phone 703-358-2095, fax 703-358-2280. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management Authority has recently received requests from the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that the Service review the criteria for issuance of permits for commercial export of live American alligators and to restrict issuance of permits until a review is completed. Both States have a number of conservation concerns about the export of these animals. In addition, the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group has provided the Service with information that emphasizes the serious ecological consequences of establishing feral populations of exotic species of crocodilians, especially in areas with native crocodilians.

80. FamilyFun: The Wildlife Of The Okefenokee alligators who, upon seeing us, quickly slithered underwater. She told me that shewanted to return to the Okefenokee in the spring to see more wildlife, but http://familyfun.go.com/family-travel/places/feature/famf199702_okefenokee1/famf

Search FamilyFun Tools See America Travel Series Disney Thrill Seeker ... Solutions A to Z The Wildlife of the Okefenokee of 3 Once out on the "lake," we were caught up in the spell of this place, despite the rain. Like everyone else, we were eager to see a few alligators. This desire developed only when we were on the swamp. In fact, Alissa's initial reaction to this trip was a plaintive, "How do I know the canoe won't tip over, and we won't be eaten by alligators?" Good question, I agreed. So before we left, I called a Wilderness Southeast spokeswoman who assured me that canoes rarely tip. "And if they did," she said, "you'd make such a big splash that you most likely would scare away the alligators that are looking for things smaller than they are to eat." Neither Alissa nor I was entirely convinced, but we were quickly reassured when we floated into these wetlands ourselves. First of all, the guides kept a watchful eye on us. Second, we soon learned to finesse movements so that our balance was certain. Canoeing, we were glad to discover, is easily learned. Then, on our second morning, as the sun came out, we saw two half-submerged, barklike snouts and four bulging eyes peering at us from the reeds. We were transfixed and stared back. We had caught what natives call "swamp wonder." Noticing another boat in our group lingering ahead, we paddled alongside. "Mommy, look," Alissa said breathlessly. We marveled as another alligator, a bony, four-foot stretch of crooked mouth and tail the same color as the log he rested against, basked happily in the sun.

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