By Louise Hayes,Philippe Henry
From its starting in a pile of eggs buried in a meticulously developed nest to its attainable finish as an alligator burger or a couple of shoes, an alligator’s habitat personal tastes occasionally coincide with the favourite haunts of boaters, hunters, and coastal residents.
In Alligators of Texas, biologist Louise Hayes and photographer Philippe Henry convey readers up with regards to this cryptic reptile’s foodstuff offerings, parenting abilities, verbal exchange strategies, and responses to common occasions reminiscent of freezes and hurricanes. additionally they relate a few Texas “alligator tales”; talk about alligator farming, searching, and dwell shooting; and view how humans can effectively co-exist with this predator. They finish through telling readers the place they could view alligators, either within the wild and in captivity.
even supposing no longer as frequently, as simply, or maybe as fortunately saw as white-tailed deer or armadillos, the yankee alligator is an iconic Texas animal, and understanding extra approximately its lifestyles and behavior may also help Texans greater comprehend its rightful position within the landscape.
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