Category: Aquatic Animals
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Can You Outrun An Alligator?
If you know a trick or two and you get a head start – you can certainly outrun an alligator. If you are in the water or run in a shallow zig-zag – no chance! Is It True: Can You Outrun An Alligator? Alligators have a superpower – and it isn’t running. An alligator can
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Does Crocodile Lay Eggs Or Give Birth?
Crocodiles – like most reptiles – lay eggs. They build or excavate a nest area beside a river and lay their clutch, which takes nearly 3 months to incubate. Do Crocodiles Lay Eggs Or Give Birth To Live Young? American Crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) is one of four New World crocodiles in the Caribbean/Central American area
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Do Alligators Have Scales Or Skin? ???? (Explained)
American alligators have both scales AND skin. Their backs have gnarled, knobbly skin: thick and scaly. Their tummies and chins are quite smooth in comparison. Do Alligators Have Scales Or Skin? Most reptiles – including alligators – have different versions of skin coverings. Skin is basically any form of outer covering to a body –
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Do Otters Build Dams? ????
Most otters choose to live in inland lakes and rivers and sometimes even live behind a huge dam. However, otters don’t actually build these dams – beavers do. So, Do Otters Build Dams? Otters are one of the most aquatic furry mammals on the planet – along with beavers, muskrat and nutria (coypu). All very
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Can Otters Climb Trees? ????
Even though otters are semi-aquatic mammals and actually have webbed feet – some species of otter are more than capable of climbing onto and up into trees. How Easily Can Otters Climb Trees? If you were to watch the videos of captive in the UK (watch below) – then the answer would seem to be ‘quite
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How Fast Can A Hippo Move In Water? ????
Hippos are semi-aquatic mammals and are very well adapted to life in water. They are so good that they move faster than an Olympic swimmer over short distances. How Fast Can A Hippo Move In Water? Hippos are the closest living relatives of the whales and dolphins – so needless to say they are experts