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ALLIGATOR

The document provides an overview of alligator movement, reproduction, excretion, nutrient acquisition, and sensitivity. Alligators use their lungs to control buoyancy for movement, reproduce sexually with internal fertilization, and excrete nitrogen primarily as uric acid. They are effective lurkers for capturing prey and possess a highly sensitive sense of touch despite their thick skin.

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ALLIGATOR

The document provides an overview of alligator movement, reproduction, excretion, nutrient acquisition, and sensitivity. Alligators use their lungs to control buoyancy for movement, reproduce sexually with internal fertilization, and excrete nitrogen primarily as uric acid. They are effective lurkers for capturing prey and possess a highly sensitive sense of touch despite their thick skin.

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ALLIGATOR

HOW IT MOVES, SENSES ITS ENVIRONMENT, REPRODUCES,


EXCRETES AND OBTAIN NUTRIENTS.
Movement

 By moving the lungs around, the muscles


alter the center of buoyancy of the
alligators. The researches found moving the
lungs towards the tail helped the alligators
dive.
 Towards the head helped them surface and
towards one side or another helped them
roll side ways. The tail also helped the
reptiles roll.
Reproduction

 American alligators reproduce sexually,


with internal fertilization. Because
alligators are oviparous, after
fertilization takes place, the female
alligators lays eggs. American alligators
are seasonal breeders and breed once
each year. The breeding season starts in
April and lasts throughout June.
Excretes
 In Crocodylus Nilotic us the liquid urine contains a white deposit.
In the present study both the liquid and the deposit have been
analyzed.
 For the deposit the corresponding figures are: ammonia, 6.0%;
uric acid, 88.6%; urea absent.
 From the relative proportions of liquid urine and deposit it is
calculated that the total excretory nitrogen (liquid + solid) is
distributed.
 Crocodiles are thus amino-uricotelic. The view that alligators
are ammonotelic derives from analysis of liquid urine only. Uric
acid deposits have been noted in the urine of reptiles of many
orders and it is probable that they occur also in the urine of
alligators.
Obtains
Nutrients
1. When it is time to eat, alligators are neither hunters nor gatherers. They
are lurke­rs. Using their tails, alligators can push themselves up to 5 feet
out of the water to snag small animals in low-hanging tree branches.
Alligators will eat almost anything they can capture -- fish, turtles, frogs,
birds, small mammals, and sometimes even larger mammals like deer.
Alligators capture all of these creatures by lurking in the water. Once an
alligator captures something, it will hold it in its mouth and drag it
underwater to drown it. It must then get back above water to swallow it --
otherwise, the alligator's stomach and lungs would fill with water. Using its
incredibly powerful jaws alligator will break bones or crush shells.
Sensitivity
 Alligators are notorious for their thick skin and well-armored bodies. So it
comes as something of a surprise to learn that their sense of touch is
one of the most acute in the animal kingdom. It has been discovered that
these spots contain a concentrated collection of touch sensors that make
them even more sensitive to pressure and vibration than human
fingertips.
THANKS FOR LISTENING
BY DAKSH, ESSEY AND VILOHIT.

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