Gia and Bob are in Bob’s backyard on a cold winter afternoon talking all about alligators. Alligators are a great American success story. Thanks to Christina Zorn for the great research! This episode is part of our Keystone Species series. Keystone Species series episodes: <a href= "https://natureguys.org/firefighting-beavers/">Firefighting Beavers</a> Our sources for this episode include: <ul> <li><a href="https://biologydictionary.net/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Definition of Alligator</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.louisianaalligators.com/alligator-biology-and-behavior.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alligator Biology and Behavior</a></li> <li>JW Lang and HV Andrews, J Exp Zoology (1994) <a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jez.1402700105" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Temperature-dependent sex determination in crocodilians.</a></li> <li>Cramp Meyer Sparks and Franklin. (2008) <a href= "https://jeb.biologists.org/content/211/9/1482" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Functional and morphological plasticity of crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) salt glands</a>. Journal of Experimental Biology 2008 211: 1482-1489; doi: 10.1242/jeb.015636. https://jeb.biologists.org/content/ 211/9/1482</li> <li><a href= "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/a/american-alligator/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">American Alligator</a> from National Geographic</li> <li><a href="http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/cbd.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Crocodilian Biology Database</a></li> </ul>

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