Population:

Roughly 1.25 million

Habitat:

Alligators can be found in slow-moving rivers, ponds, lakes and swamps.

Diet:

Their diets include prey species that are abundant and easily accessible. Juvenile alligators eat primarily insects, amphibians, small fish, and other invertebrates. Adult alligators eat rough fish, snakes, turtles, small mammals, and birds.

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