First Step in Pocket Book Industry


Alligators are of the order Crocodilia. They differ from the crocodiles in these respects: The head is shorter and broader; the canine teeth fit into pits in the upper jaw not into notches between the upper teeth; the feet are less webbed, and the hind legs are destitute of fringe; and their habits are less aquatic. Like the crocodiles, they are most active at night, swing the tail fiercely in offense and defense, and are given to hideous bellowing at times. They live on fish. When full grown they are 16 or 18 feet long; they grow very slowly, being only 2 feet long at 15 years of age; they reach maturity in 75 or 100 years. The back of the adult is greenish black, having lost the yellowish bands of its youth. Alligator skin is comparatively new in the leather market. Only the skin taken from the underside was used until recently, but now the entire hide is utilized; on the back are hard, brittle scales.

Photographer:	Unknown	Date:	1905
Publisher & City:	Keystone View Company: Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., Portland, Ore., New York, Toronto, Can., London
Series & Number:	13748

Scan courtesy of Roy Winkelman. Image retouched and converted to anaglyph in 2008 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. View this image using 3D glasses with the blue lens over the left eye and the red lens over the right eye.


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