American alligators vs. cuban crocodiles

American Alligators
American Alligators are very lizard like in appearance. They have an average length of 11-12 ft males and 8 ft females, a bluish colored skin, a long powerful tail, and four stubby legs with webbed feet. In captivity, they live to be 30-35 years. In the wild, they live about 40-50 years old.

With 74-80 teeth average, American Alligators eat raccoon, muskrats, fish, birds, turtles, snakes, deer, and their own kind. It's pretty obvious which country they live in. But they live in certain states: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, and South Carolina. They are freshwater animals.

Cuban Crocodiles
Cuban Crocodiles have 16 ft males and 11.5 ft females. They are sprinkled in black and yellow, have a dorsal shield of scales that are extended to the neck, four squat legs that are covered in scales, webbed, larger back legs that are heavily covered in scales, and a very strong tail.

They live in Cuba, Cayman, The Bahama Islands, 100 kilometers in Lanier Swamp on the Isla de la Javentud(Isle of Pines), and the freshwater everglades like the Florida everglades.

With 66-68 teeth, Cuban Crocodiles will eat ANYTHING they can overpower, like squirrels, rabbits, fish,... Juveniles feed on arthropods and small fish. Studies show that they fed on giant sloths. They weigh 150-180 lbs throughout their 100 year lifetime.

Comparing Cuban crocodiles and american alligators

• they both are freshwater animals
• they both eat anything they can overpower
• they both have stubby, squat legs

ContrastingCuban Crocodiles are sprinkled in black and yellow but American Alligators are a bluish green. Cuban Crocodiles have 66-68 teeth but American Alligators have 74-80 teeth. Cuban Crocodiles can live up to 100 years in the wild but American Alligators live to be only 40-50 years in the wild.

sources

• www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/crocodile/amerall
• nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/reptiles/amphibians/facts/factsheet/cuabncrocodi
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