Alligator

Our cuddly Alligator will swamp you with affection! This realistically rendered puppet, with his silk-screened velour and velveteen body and soft plastic teeth, crouches at the riverbank ready to make a splash in your home!

Puppet Dimensions
Length           Width           Height        Weight
24" LONG     13" WIDE     2" TALL     7.36 OZ

Puppet Stats
Puppet Type: HAND PUPPET
Puppet Birthday: 1994 January
Special Features: Movable mouth

Fun Facts

The name â??alligatorâ?? is an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for â??the lizardâ??, which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator. Later English spellings of the name included allagarta and alagarto.

An average adult American alligatorâ??s weight and length is 360 kg (790 lb) and 4.0 m (13.1 ft), but they sometimes grow to 4.4 m (14 ft) long and weigh over 450 kg (990 lb).[3] The largest ever recorded, found in Louisiana, measured 5.84 m (19.2 ft).

Alligators are native only to the United States and China.

American alligators live in freshwater environments, such as ponds, marshes, wetlands, rivers, lakes, and swamps, as well as in brackish environments. When they construct alligator holes in the wetlands, they increase plant diversity and provide habitat for other animals during droughts. They are, therefore, considered an important species for maintaining ecological diversity in wetlands.