GitEmSteveDave t1_j4u0fkz wrote
Reply to comment by Fryceratops in Whoever abandoned their three-foot live alligator in Neptune Township, Monmouth County officials would like a word with you by rollotomasi07071
Torpor is a thing. You think someone takes in all the turtles and frogs when the weather gets cold and the water freezes?
Fryceratops t1_j4upgul wrote
The turtles and frogs that experience torpor tend to be able to handle that weather. Alligators do not typically life in places that hit the low 30s F.
GitEmSteveDave t1_j4x4mzi wrote
https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-alligators-frozen-lakes-stick-snouts-out-ice-survive-1768498
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/frozen-alligators-stick-noses-through-ice-to-survive-in-oklahoma
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/01/09/alligators-survive-icy-conditions-orig-vstan.cnn
>...he decided some scientific research was in order, or at least some hurried googling. Relief washed over him as the search results loaded: His alligators were alive. They were surviving in the freezing water by sticking their snouts through the ice. Howard's worry was replaced with another emotion: astonishment.
Fryceratops t1_j4x75av wrote
The catch is they are in water. The top of the lake is frozen but the water under is not. This gator is outside.
GitEmSteveDave t1_j4xt6i0 wrote
And the alligator in the picture was in water.
Fryceratops t1_j4xtn58 wrote
So it was. Huzzah it is likely to be safer
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