Our young folks [serial] . andnever harms it. I m inclined to doubt that part of the story, however,about the birds picking the crocodiles teeth. I have never seen any au-thentic accounts of the thing having been witnessed by modern travellers ;though the existence of such a bird, which lives on friendly terms with thecrocodile, and screams to warn him of danger, seems to be well is called the zic-zac, from the cry it makes. What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator ? The two belong to the same family, Rufus, and there is, I suppose, aboutas much difference bet
Our young folks [serial] . andnever harms it. I m inclined to doubt that part of the story, however,about the birds picking the crocodiles teeth. I have never seen any au-thentic accounts of the thing having been witnessed by modern travellers ;though the existence of such a bird, which lives on friendly terms with thecrocodile, and screams to warn him of danger, seems to be well is called the zic-zac, from the cry it makes. What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator ? The two belong to the same family, Rufus, and there is, I suppose, aboutas much difference between them as between a pike and a pickerel. Thereis a difference in their shape, especially in the shape of the head ; and I vebeen told that the alligator always remains about fresh water, while thecrocodile seems to like salt water as well as fresh. In winter the crocodilecrawls into caves or holes in the river-banks, while the alligator buries him-self in the mud; both alike lie torpid until warm days come to bring them. Alligator. 468 Crocodiles and Alligators. [August, out again. There is a difference, too, in the way the mother alligator pre-pares her nest, and there s something very curious about that. The children were eager to hear what it was, and Cousin Tim proceeded: I have the story from a friend of mine in Texas, who has seen what hedescribes. The female alligator, like the crocodile, lays a great numberof eggs, which, however, she deposits in layers on the shore, covering eachlayer with a quantity of leaves and rubbish. In this way she builds up hernest, and has, when it is finished, several layers of eggs, with layers of rub-bish between, and finally one of rubbish on the top. The last layer of eggshatches first, being most affected by the heat of the sun. The mother alli-gator is on hand, and so is the father. As the young rascals hatch, she takesthem in her mouth and carries them to the water as fast as she can, whilethe father eats all he can in her absence.
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