Alligator/Crocodile Facts & Trivia
Alligator/Crocodile Facts
- Alligators use their tails to make “gator holes” to retain water during droughts.
- An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
- Crocodiles have a longer, v-shaped head than alligators, and the fourth tooth of a crocodile sticks out when its mouth is closed.
- Crocodiles are found in the wild all over the world, while alligators are only found in the United States and China.
- Crocodiles are better adapted to live in sea water.
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Crocodilia
- Family: Alligatoridae
Alligator/Crocodile Movies
- Eaten Alive, (1977)
- Alligator, (1980)
- Dark Age, (1987)
- Lake Placid, (1999)
- Crocodile, (2000)
- The Brutal River, (2005)
- Black Water, (2007)
- Rogue, (2007)
- Supercroc, (2007)
Alligator/Crocodile Songs
- Alligator, by Tegan and Sara
- Alligator, by Grateful Dead
- Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter, by R.E.M.
- Alligator Pie (Cockadile), by Dave Matthews Band
- Crocodile Rock, by Elton John
- Alligator Sky, by Owl City
- Crocodile, by This Town Needs Guns
- Crocodile Rock, by Elton John
Famous Alligators/Crocodiles
- Ben Ali Gator, from the movie “Fantasia”
- Brutus and Nero, from the movie “The Rescuers”
- Leatherhead, from the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” series
- Louis, from the movie “The Princess and the Frog”
- Roger, from “The Penguins of Madagascar”
- Wally Gator, by Hanna Barbera
- Albert and Alberta, mascots of the University of Florida
