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01-10-2018, 06:42 PM
Don't worry, those frozen alligators are totally OK
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Damn, alligators are tough.*
Last week, the Shallotte River Swamp Park posted videos on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/shallotteriverswamppark/?hc_ref=ARRSRpDyPHJpyCEYcPiZS8fuNVn4A8mq6OPj4ze9Kz h12jkr9K5h0VULBZtIQixFz9I&fref=nf) of its gators poking their nostrils through the ice to survive unusually cold temperatures, a result of the "bomb cyclone" (http://mashable.com/2018/01/06/bomb-cyclone-cold-snap/) that hit the eastern United States.*
SEE ALSO: Frozen iguanas are falling out of trees in South Florida (http://mashable.com/2018/01/05/frozen-iguanas-south-florida-bomb-cyclone/)
On Tuesday, the tactic paid off — the ice melted a bit in the park's alligator sanctuary, and the creatures were alive and well.*
The park is located in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina — a state that, like much of the East Coast, experienced its coldest first week of January on record since 1895, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/alligators-ice-north-carolina/)
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Damn, alligators are tough.*
Last week, the Shallotte River Swamp Park posted videos on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/shallotteriverswamppark/?hc_ref=ARRSRpDyPHJpyCEYcPiZS8fuNVn4A8mq6OPj4ze9Kz h12jkr9K5h0VULBZtIQixFz9I&fref=nf) of its gators poking their nostrils through the ice to survive unusually cold temperatures, a result of the "bomb cyclone" (http://mashable.com/2018/01/06/bomb-cyclone-cold-snap/) that hit the eastern United States.*
SEE ALSO: Frozen iguanas are falling out of trees in South Florida (http://mashable.com/2018/01/05/frozen-iguanas-south-florida-bomb-cyclone/)
On Tuesday, the tactic paid off — the ice melted a bit in the park's alligator sanctuary, and the creatures were alive and well.*
The park is located in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina — a state that, like much of the East Coast, experienced its coldest first week of January on record since 1895, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/alligators-ice-north-carolina/)
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