Don't worry, those frozen alligators are totally OK
 

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 of its gators poking their nostrils through the ice to survive unusually cold temperatures, a result of the "bomb cyclone" that hit the eastern United States.*

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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...

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