I totally see the difference, now that they’re side by side. Some viewers might not have noticed, but the crocodile was facing right and the alligator is facing left. So, when faced with a medium-largish swamp dinosaur with hungry eyes and a wide open mouth, hold your hands out in front of you with thumb and forefinger extended: if the beast is pointed at the hand forming an L, you’ve got an alligator and you should run but you’re probably going to die; if it’s facing the backward L, that’s a crocodile, and you should definitely run but you’re almost certainly going to die.
Actually, the alligator hides ALL his teeth.
“When their snouts are shut, crocodiles look like they’re flashing a toothy grin, as the fourth tooth on each side of the lower jaw sticks up over the upper lip. For alligators, like this one, the upper jaw is wider than the lower one, so when they close their mouths, all their teeth are hidden.” http://www.livescience.com/15529-alligators-crocodiles-images.html
I think the pictures are wrong. The left one is definitely an alligator 🙂
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oops!
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@Wrong Hands.
What is the point of this?
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Celebrate ignorance?
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Glad we got that sorted out at last.
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@Yvette Leger, the point is that we need a little levity in our lives, and @Wrong Hands is terrific at providing it for us. Thank you, @Wrong Hands!
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I totally see the difference, now that they’re side by side. Some viewers might not have noticed, but the crocodile was facing right and the alligator is facing left. So, when faced with a medium-largish swamp dinosaur with hungry eyes and a wide open mouth, hold your hands out in front of you with thumb and forefinger extended: if the beast is pointed at the hand forming an L, you’ve got an alligator and you should run but you’re probably going to die; if it’s facing the backward L, that’s a crocodile, and you should definitely run but you’re almost certainly going to die.
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zoology 101
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Actually, they’re easy to tell apart. You’ll see one later and one after awhile.
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Tomato, tomahto…
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Another brilliant one, finally I can see the difference…. barely….ehm…. not really…. well not at all…. 🙂 In any case seeing one I would run…
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[…] At long last Wrong Hands provides a simple way to tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator. […]
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Actually, the alligator hides ALL his teeth.
“When their snouts are shut, crocodiles look like they’re flashing a toothy grin, as the fourth tooth on each side of the lower jaw sticks up over the upper lip. For alligators, like this one, the upper jaw is wider than the lower one, so when they close their mouths, all their teeth are hidden.”
http://www.livescience.com/15529-alligators-crocodiles-images.html
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[…] At long last Wrong Hands provides a simple way to tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator. […]
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Oh thank goodness. I’ve been wondering but just didn’t have the time to look it up. Thank you.
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These are both crocodiles – you can’t see an alligator’s teeth when its mouth is closed.
YEAH BEING ANNOYINGLY PEDANTIC WHAT WHAT
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