TY - BOOK AU - Ouchley,Kelby AU - Ransom,Burg TI - American alligator: ancient predator in the modern world SN - 9780813049137 AV - QL666.C925 O93 2013 U1 - 597.98/4 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - American alligator KW - Alligators KW - North America N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Natural history -- In the beginning -- Names and places -- "Their toes are five in number" -- To build an alligator -- Root hog, or die -- The human factor -- First encounters -- Near fatal attraction -- A love/hate relationship -- "what good is it?" N2 - A natural history of the American alligator ER -