IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES,
AN ALLIGATOR DOESN’T
WANT TO DEAL WITH
HUMANS,” DAVIS SAYS.
“THEY’RE ACTUALLY
PRETTY SHY CREATURES.
THEY NATURALLY VIEW
HUMANS AS A THREAT.
Dating back 84 million years to the Triassic era, American alligators are primarily freshwater reptiles inhabiting bays, lakes, rivers,
creeks, marshes, swamps, ponds and ditches along the entire coast of North Carolina.
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