What is the difference between an aligator & a crocodile

Question

What is the difference between an aligator & a crocodile

Answer 1

they are different species with different jaw shapes and ancestories.

Answer 2

their teeth and snout

Answer 3

Crocodiles get bigger than Alligators.

Crocodiles have a longer, more pointed snout than Alligators.

Alligators have a rounded snout.

Caimen look more like Alligators but don't get as large.

Gavials are unmistakable because they have long, thin snouts with protruding teeth, and feed exclusively on fish.

Crocodiles, Alligators, and Caimen will eat anything.

Answer 4

The first difference between a crocodile and an alligator is that they are from different families of crocodilians. Crocodiles are from the crocodylidae family, while alligators and caiman are from the alligatoridae family.

In terms of physical differences the easiest way to tell the difference between the two is that a crocodile has a very long, narrow, V-shaped snout, while the alligator's snout is wider and U-shaped. Because of the wide snout of the alligator it packs more crushing power to eat

prey like turtles that constitute part of its diet. The narrow crocodile snout, although still very powerful, is not really suited for prey like turtles but is very versatile for fish.

Another physical difference between the crocodile and the alligator is that the crocodile's upper and lower jaws are nearly the same width, so the teeth are exposed all along the jaw line in an interlocking pattern, even when the mouth is closed. They also have an enormous 4th tooth on the lower jaw that is accommodated by depressions in the upper jaw just behind the nostrils.

An alligator, on the other hand, has a wider upper jaw, so when its mouth is closed the teeth in the lower jaw fit into sockets of the upper jaw, hidden from view. Only the teeth of the upper jaw are exposed along the lower jaw line. Even the enormous 4th tooth on the bottom jaw, which is exposed in a crocodile, is hidden in the alligator.

Another physical difference is that crocodiles have a lighter olive brown coloration, while alligators appear blackish. Alligators also prefer freshwater while crocodiles like brackish water and sometimes even ocean.

Answer 5

their size, teeth, snouts

Answer 6

Alligator 800-1043 lbs, lakes, swamps, marshes. Crocodile fresh water, smaller than salt water crocodiles which can be 1100-2400lbs. A major difference is that the Crocodile can be twice the weight of the Alligator.

Answer 7

the alligators jaw is more rounded and blunt

the crocodiles jaw is in more pointed and they also have some bottom teeth which fit into a kind of slot on the top jaw

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