Printouts Alligators are large, meat-eating reptiles that spend a lot of their lives in the water. They mostly live in fresh to brackish water, in swamps, marshes, canals, and lakes. Alligators swim very well, mainly using their tails to propel themselves through the water, and also using their webbed feet. There are two types of alligators, the American alligator and the Chinese alligator.
Alligators are nocturnal and feed primarily at night.
Adult gators eat fish, birds, turtles, reptiles, and mammals. They swallow their prey whole. The alligator's conical teeth are used for catching the prey, but do not tear it apart. Without our visitors' support, Enchanted Learning would soon be off-line.