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alligator
alligator Broad-snouted crocodilian
reptile found only in the USA and China. The American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, is found in the
se USA; it grows up to 5.8m (19ft) long. The almost extinct smaller Chinese alligator, A. sinensis, is restricted to the Yangtze-Kiang river basin. Length: up to 1.5m (5ft). Family Alligatoridea.
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Alligators Can Transmit West Nile Virus, Outbreak Shows.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/23/2003; 700+ words
; ...implications for the alligator farming community...population." Alligators could also be affecting...Colorado, where the alligator studies were performed...possible that wild alligators sustain the virus...North American alligator. But it may not...lost about 200 alligators in 1998, ...
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Alligators relocate in area waters; Creatures 'don't belong up here'.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...13-inch baby alligator late last month...Obviously, alligators don't belong...natural, breeding alligators. The closest population...Chesapeake's alligator showed characteristics...the beginning of alligator breeding season...Harding said alligators could survive in...
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Alligators Are Growing Part of Florida's Agricultural Landscape.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 1/26/2003; 700+ words
; ...including Gatorland, alligators get regular feedings...latest trend is alligator ranching, where alligators are essentially...licensed to raise alligators has continued to...2001. Revenue from alligator harvesting has flattened...
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Alligators swamp upscale menus nationwide.
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News; 6/12/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...5.3 million made in alligator hides. "Historically...reports that about 160,000 alligators are harvested each year from the state's alligator farms, and another 30...early fall. Farm-raised alligators are harvested at about...
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Alligator Purse Booster Displays A Thick Skin / Case pressed at swanky boutiques.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 1/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...good for the alligators," said Christine...Brewton, the alligator woman, whose...wonders of alligators. There is no way to get alligator skin without...the American alligator is no longer...Endangered alligators are so 1970s...
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ALLIGATOR HUNTING SEASON APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...removal of a number of alligators. Anyone taking an alligator, regardless of the...points for future alligator hunt drawings. Only alligators four feet or greater...citizens with problem alligators through its Alligator Management Program...
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Alligators as West Nile virus amplifiers.(Research)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...suggests that American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) may...outbreaks in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) (19...at -70[degrees]C. Alligator Infection Six alligators in the 32[degrees...
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Alligators Are Really Shy.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...state's alligator expert. Mr...has captured alligators in people...the baby-alligator families...Hatching baby alligators gives him...attacked them. Alligators found in developed...Once, a big alligator swam into...
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 "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)")
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Alligators may lose their protected status in Florida as residents' complaints mount.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 3/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...complained of nuisance alligators last year, and...considered ending the alligator's status as a...guiding novice alligator hunters worry that...the importance of alligators to wetlands and...meat and hides, alligators began vanishing...species in 1967, the alligator began a swift ...
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Alligators reveal how dinos survived low oxygen levels.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 4/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...Scientists have studied alligators to analyze what life may have...The scientists chose the alligator as a test subject for the...oxygen levels would work with alligators because crocodilians have...start at the beginning of alligator development, the scientists...
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alligator
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
alligator large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order...found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles...The wild American alligator is now protected...commercial uses. Alligators spend the day floating...
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Alligator mississippiensis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Alligator mississippiensis ( American alligator ) See ALLIGATORIDAE .
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Alligator sinensis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Alligator sinensis ( Chinese alligator ) See ALLIGATORIDAE .
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American alligator
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) See ALLIGATORIDAE .
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alligators
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
alligators See ALLIGATORIDAE .
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