Do alligators drink water?

Question

do they use the restroom in the water ? & how do they mate?

Answer 1

yes all living things need water. they do use the restroom in the water and sometimes on land it depends where they are when they have to go.

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Answer 2

yes...alligators do drink water.....All living things need water in order to survive. But, some living organisms drink less than others. Alligators also absorb water from the environment from their skin. They mate Similar to snakes, lizards and other reptiles. Alligators are cold-blooded (or ectothermic), meaning the air (or water) temperature around them determines their body

temperature.

Alligators have excellent sight, smell and hearing. They are very good at stalking

their prey without being seen.

Alligators have two sets of eyelids. One set is much like ours, closing from top to

bottom and a second set, which is transparent, closes from front to rear; this set is

known as a nicatating membrane.

Alligator jaw muscles have little strength for opening their mouth, but the muscles

that shut them are very strong and have awesome force, about

300 pounds per square inch in an adult.

Alligators do not require as much food as we do. In the summer a large alligator

may only eat once or twice a week.

A mature alligator has 80 conical shaped teeth. They have no molars for crushing

and grinding food therefore they swallow their food whole. Lost teeth are replaced.

An alligator may go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in its lifetime.

Large adult alligators can hold their breath up to 45 minutes. The amount of time

they can remain submerged depends upon their size and the water temperature.

Alligators mate once a year during the spring breeding season. Male alligators

make loud throaty bellowing roars to attract females.

Females seldom reach over 9 feet in length, while males may reach 14 feet.

Female alligators lay their eggs during June to early July.

The female alligator builds her nest above ground. The nest acts like a giant incubator.

Decomposition of the nest material and sunlight produce heat to warm the eggs.

A nest may contain 15 to 60 eggs carefully layed in several layers of marsh

vegetation. The eggs hatch in about two months.

The eggs in a nest are referred to as clutch. Baby alligators (hatchlings) have a

pointed “egg tooth” or a caruncle to help them break out of their shell. This tooth

is soon lost after hatching. Hatchlings are about 8 inches long. A group of

hatchlings is called a pod. Baby alligators grunt when separated from the female,

when hungry, when the temperature changes or when they are afraid.