Discover Learning Check out these live images and you will see alligators sunning themselves on a patio just outside the main entrance to Gatorland in South Orlando, Florida.
Alligators are cold blooded and enjoy warming themselves in the sun.
Like all reptiles, alligator skin is covered with rows of scales. The alligator's strong tail is moved from side to side to propel it through the water. Alligators do not chew their food, they swallow items whole or tear chunks off by grasping and rolling. The female builds a nest mound of mud and vegetation, and lays thirty to seventy eggs.