Melissa Stewart - Alligator or Crocodile?
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Alligators and crocodiles may look the same to you, but you might be surprised to learn just how different these animals are! Get a close up look at the differences between these animals with brilliant color photographs. This appealing new book will show young readers that alligators and crocodiles are not as similar as they appear! A perfect and exciting book for nonfiction reading, too.
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Animal Look-Alikes
How can you tell an alligator from a crocodile? What is the difference? Find all the tips and hints you need to tell these two animals apart!
"Fun and informative! These books celebrate the delightful differences between animals that seem similar, and invite young readers to learn the important clues that tell them apart."
Professor of Biology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
"Beginning readers will be fascinated with these fact-filled and easy-to-read books."
Dean, College of Education/Professor of Literacy Education
New Jersey City University
Past President of the New Jersey Reading Association
Note to Parents and Teachers
The Which Animal Is Which? series supports the National Science Education Standards for K4 science. The Words to Know section introduces subject-specific vocabulary words, including pronunciation and definitions. Early readers may need help with thesenew words.
About the Author
Trained as both a scientist and journalist, Melissa Stewart is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for young readers. While gathering information for her books, Melissa has explored tropical forests in Costa Rica, gone on safari in Kenya and Tanzania, and swum with sea lions in the Galpagos Islands.
jaw (JAW)One of the two bones that make up an animals mouth. Teeth grow out of the jaw.
mammal (MAA muhl)An animal that has a backbone and lungs. It always has the same body temperature. It feeds its baby milk.
reptile (REP tyl)An animal that has a backbone and lungs. Its body temperature is the same as the air around it. It lays eggs.
Which of these reptiles is an alligator? Which one is a crocodile? Do You Know?
Alligators live in freshwater. Lakes, streams, and swamps have freshwater.
Crocodiles can live in freshwater. They can also live in salt water.
An alligator has a wide, rounded snout. It is shaped like the letter U. It can crush a turtles shell.
A crocodile has a long, pointed snout. It is shaped like the letter V. It can chomp fish, birds, and mammals.
An alligator has a wide upper jaw. Its lower jaw is a little bit smaller. When an alligators mouth is closed, you can see only its top teeth.
A crocodiles jaws are the same size. When its mouth is closed, you can see all of its teeth.
An alligator has dark skin. It looks black as it swims through the water.
A crocodile has lighter skin. It is usually a mix of green, gray, and brown.
How does a mother alligator make a nest? She piles up a mound of plants near the water. She lays twenty to fifty eggs in the nest.
A mother crocodile digs a nest near the water. Then she lays up to sixty eggs in the hole.
A mother alligator takes care of her young for up to one year.
When young crocodiles hatch, their mother carries them to the water. Then she swims away.
Its an alligator!
Its a crocodile!
Crocodiles and alligators live in warm places all over the world. But the only place where you can see both animals is in South Florida.
Books
Arnosky, Jim. All About Alligators. New York: Scholastic, 2008.
Beck, Paul.
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