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Alligator anatomy?

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Posted by: jrreptiles1 at Fri Oct 16 09:17:03 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jrreptiles1 ]  
   

I currently house three American Alligators ranging in size from 3 foot to 6 foot. On several seperate occasions i have witnessed my two larger alligators bellow, and on the majority of these occasions I have noticed on the underside of the mouth two fleshy tuberacles come out from between the scales, my question is can anybody tell me what these are called and there function?


Thanks,
James


   

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