Skeletal/ Muscular System

• The alligator has a very complex muscular system, but the two main contributers are in the jaw and the tail
• The jaw muscles allow it the open and close in a fast agressive way to trap any size prey
• The tail muscles allow them to swim up to 25mph
• Alligators have two rows of teeth for an effedtive bite
• There are bone plates inside the skin on their back (scutes) that make the skin hard to penetrate
• Alligators also have webed feet halp them swim
• Although alligators are fast and dangerous in water they are very slow on land, but still very dangerous