tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
An alligator, Alligator mississippiensis,
with the shadow of a Stegosaurus behind it,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
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tags: snake, alligator, reptiles
...in alligators at least.
For millenia, a battle has raged between alligators and water melons. Who will win? Well, the answer's obvious: one has a bite force of over 15,000 Newtons, and the other one's a water melon.
The American alligator is found only in the US, and is widespread in Texas. It is found at several inland localities, and along the coast.