🐊 American alligator vs Tiger shark 🦈

Which one? American alligator or tiger shark

10 things to know about American alligator vs Tiger shark

1. The American alligator: It digs pools in the swamp that help other animals in dry weather.
2. The tiger shark: A big striped shark that eats many kinds of sea animals.
3. They are different kinds of animal. The American alligator is a reptile, so it has scaly skin; the tiger shark is a fish, so it breathes with gills.
4. The tiger shark is a bit bigger than the American alligator: 2 against 1.
5. They are about the same. That is 3 for the American alligator and 2 for the tiger shark.
6. The American alligator usually lives about twice as long as the tiger shark. Usual lifespans: 1 for the American alligator and 2 for the tiger shark.
7. Both eat meat. The American alligator eats fish, turtles, frogs, snakes and birds; the tiger shark eats sea turtles, birds, snakes, crabs, shellfish and dugongs.
8. The American alligator lives in swamps, marshes, rivers and lakes of the southeastern United States. The tiger shark lives in warm salt water, from shallow reefs to deep water. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
9. The American alligator: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 4
10. The tiger shark: doing fine, for now (Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List). 5

Wow facts

🐊 American alligator

• Baby alligators chirp from inside their eggs.
• The warmth of the nest decides if hatchlings are males or females.
• An alligator's snout is wide and rounded, like a U.

🦈 Tiger shark

• A tiger shark eats many kinds of sea animals.
• It lives from shallow reefs to deep water.
• It moves slowly and quietly.

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