A reptile handler at the Silver Springs Reptile Institute in central Florida, Mr Ron Jones, carefully examines the mouth of a bull alligator. Handlers have suffered minor injures caused by the alligators, which are carnivorous and will devour anything they can overcome. However, their reputation as man-eaters is not fully justified. Only one species of crocodilia, the estuarine Crocodile in Asia and Malaysia, deserves this reputation. Alligators differ only very slightly from crocodiles. They have a different tooth arrangement, and the alligator has a broader, blunter snout.
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Press, 12 July 1984, Page 28
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87A reptile handler at the Silver Springs Reptile Institute in central Florida, Mr Ron Jones, carefully examines the mouth of a bull alligator. Handlers have suffered minor injures caused by the alligators, which are carnivorous and will devour anything they can overcome. However, their reputation as man-eaters is not fully justified. Only one species of crocodilia, the estuarine Crocodile in Asia and Malaysia, deserves this reputation. Alligators differ only very slightly from crocodiles. They have a different tooth arrangement, and the alligator has a broader, blunter snout. Press, 12 July 1984, Page 28
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