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Alligator Pie

Alligator Pie is a great poem for introducing the alligator theme. Use it in a reading chart and then go on to learn about the alligators. Alligators bring us eye to eye with the watery, muddy world of the swamp. Write a poem or explore an alligator hole. Get wet, muddy and excited about reading, science and math. Slither into the Swamp of Learning...
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Do you know how to use a Swamp Bucket? - Fri, 24 Oct 2008

I had never heard of a Swamp Bucket before but we found it to be lots of fun.

Waht's an Alligator? - Sun, 28 Sep 2008

Alligators have a large, slightly rounded bodies, with thick limbs, broad heads, and very powerful tails.

Males can weigh 500 lbs to over 1000 pounds. Adult Alligators are about 13 to 14.5 feet long with half of that length being the tail.

The tail is mostly used to propel the alligator through the water.

Alligators travel very quickly in water but slow-moving on land.

They can, however, lunge short distances very quickly.

Alligators have five toes in front and four in back.

Crunch and Munch IIt's TIme for Lunch - Mon, 22 Sep 2008

All the creatures of the river would tremble when they heard his voice:

Crunch and munch.
Crunch and munch.
My name is crunch and I want my lunch.

Everglades Poem - Tue, 09 Sep 2008

The National Park Service has accepted The Everglades Poem for publication in it's 2009 Newsletter. It was written by my 11 year old daughter. It will soon appear on their website but for now you can read it on my Alligator site.

Alligators are now trying to eat Pythons in the Everglades. - Mon, 01 Sep 2008

Pythons were released into the Everglades by pet owners and they are now reproducing there. Alligators are trying to help the situation by eating them but sometimes pythons are even too much for an alligator.

Dennis Lee wrote Alligator Pie - Sun, 17 Aug 2008

He's from Canada. I wonder how this poem occurred to him.

Dennis Lee wrote Alligator Pie - Sun, 17 Aug 2008

He's from Canada. I wonder how this poem occurred to him.

Alligator Teeth - Sat, 03 May 2008

What do they really look like? How do they use them? Would you brush them?

Alligator Teeth - Sat, 03 May 2008

What do they really look like? How do they use them? Would you brush them?

Alligators move lungs to dive, roll in water - Fri, 14 Mar 2008

Alligators can stealthily maneuver through the water leaving nary a ripple, despite having neither fins nor flippers like other adept swimmers. Instead, they use special muscles to shift the position of their lungs, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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