The American alligator is the second-largest reptile in North America, falling just slightly behind its cousin, the American crocodile.

The American alligator could've frozen to death had he stayed in the cold creek, said his new owner Mark Perpetua.

They said they don’t care. They just kept going,” said the witness from Okatie Park who caught the incident on camera.

On Friday, the Hudson Humane Society posted on their Facebook page that the alligator — nicknamed Philippe — was transferred to live at M​ark Perpetua’s Reptile Encounters in Saugerties, New York.

As a matter of fact, one of the largest crocodiles ever was so big that one website called the species "bus-sized." Let that sink in for a moment. As we look at both extinct and current species of ...

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