Understanding alligators and alligator attacks

Alligators are incredible animals. While they’re a fixture in movies and TV shows as ravenous killing machines, actual alligator attacks are rare. Here are some things you may not have known about them.

Alligators have between 74-80 teeth and can go through 2,000 teeth in a lifetime.
They have one of the most powerful bites ever recorded for a living being.
Alligators are not just water creatures. They can walk, run, crawl and climb.
They have no vocal cords, but can roar by sucking air into their lungs and blowing it out.
Alligators are not strict carnivores. They love to eat fruit when it's available.

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