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American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
29.9066, -91.9113
Field Notes
Description:
In the water, alligators swim like fish; moving their pelvic regions and tails from side to side. (see movie) Alligators have broad snouts. When the jaws are closed, the edge of the upper jaws covers the lower teeth which fit into depressions in the upper jaw. This one was lurking near by the platform rookery. It was going after a Moorhen that had landed in the pond. Not successful.
Habitat:
Willow Pond at Jungle Gardens.
Notes:
Jungle Gardens is a 170-acre (0.69 km2) botanical garden and bird sanctuary located on Avery Island, Louisiana. The gardens were created by Edward Avery McIlhenny, second son of Edmund McIlhenny, the inventor of Tabasco sauce. In 1895 McIlhenny raised eight egrets in captivity on the island, and released them in the fall for migration. They returned the next spring with other egrets, and have continued to do so over generations. Today thousands of egrets inhabit the island from early spring to late summer.
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