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An average American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds ... size of the animal than its age. An American alligator is generally considered ...

"the Crocodile" or "the Alligator" by fans, because ... Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships ...

200px|right|From the top: Head of an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis ... by noting that "A" in alligator comes before "C" ...

and topical portrayal of the changing American and global political scene ... The principal characters were Pogo the Possum; Albert the Alligator; ...

rare and endangered species, such as the American crocodile, Florida panther ... *The American Alligator is native only to the southeastern United ...

right after metamorphosis, many North American newt species go through ... or entering a break in the skin. The alligator newt (Echinotriton andersoni ...

Native American Indians have long considered the muskrat to be a very ... * Caras, R. 1967. North American Mammals. New York: Galahad Books ...

is sometimes known as the avocado pear or alligator pear. ... names "avocado pear" or "alligator pear" for the fruit ...

- February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians ... other hits, including "See You Later Alligator," but was soon eclipsed ...

[[Image:Pictograph tds.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Native American Pictograph ... such as the Aztec, Mayan and other South American empires. However, as written ...

turtles," such as with the North American genus Apalone, because their ... 1991). This dwarfs even the better-known alligator snapping turtle, the largest ...

Piranha, or piraña, is the common name for various South American ... overstated. Local children swim in South American rivers inhabited by piranha ...

Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American ... and was named an Honorary Fellow by the American Academy of Pediatrics. In ...

various European, African, and Native American influences, and a place ... country where crawfish, shrimp, oysters, alligator, duck, turtle, boar, venison ...

| image_caption = North American River Otters | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Carnivora | familia = Mustelidae ...

In the Central and South American cougar range, the ratio of deer ... jaguar. In Florida, it encounters the American alligator. ...

location. During the period after the American Civil War, the abundance ... of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) or the American Society for the Prevention ...

endangered species, the Chinese Alligator and the Chinese Paddlefish ... Chinese teams attempting to beat a Sino-American team to the first descent ...

by all major navies today, especially the American, Russian and British navies ... are built with a double hull structure. American and most other Western submarines ...

of the largest and most important Native American sites in North America and ... transliterations of those used in Native American dialects. Tribes that inhabited ...

United Kingdom and British rule in the American Revolutionary War . Founded ... with Mississippi and Alabama, for the American civil rights movement. Atlanta ...

Islands include the introduced Central American agouti and eight species ... schools offering curricula derived from American and British education systems ...

from sliding on the handle during use. Native American Indians used the spines of stingrays for arrowheads, while groups in the Indo-West Pacific ...

European settlement on the North American continent, and the Kennedy ... * Reptiles: Alligator, Crocodile, Eastern Diamondback and Pygmy Rattlesnakes ...

important transit country for Latin American cocaine en route to Europe, aided by an environment of pervasive corruption; the archipelago-like ...

percent of jaguars in their South American range have been reported ... suggest a borrowing from the South American Tupi language to English ...

(635 km) east of Nicaragua on the Central American mainland, 93 miles (150 ... 200 meter record set previously by American great, Michael Johnson. ...

pedigree. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music ... Though usage of the phrase in African American music may be older, it has ...

artwork as gifts, called him "an American icon." ... the local Laundry Workers Union of the American Federation of Labor. It ...

was on the edge of a very young North American continent. This area was ... Farallon Plate subducting below the North American Plate led to the creation ...

Due to a substantial fossil record found in North American sedimentary ... penguin, the porpoise, the rat, and the alligator. In addition, these features ...

frontal assault on Marine positions at Alligator Creek (often called the ... handled 975 Japanese bodies. Total American estimates for Japanese casualties ...

1908-1912 and 1919-1930), the entrance of American capital became general and ... followed one another in succession. The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ...

penguin, the porpoise, the rat, and the alligator. In addition, these features ... except in the light of evolution. The American Biology Teacher 35:125–129. ...