Article 35AYX Snack attack: alligators like to eat sharks, study reveals

Snack attack: alligators like to eat sharks, study reveals

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Oliver Milman in New York
from Environment | The Guardian on (#35AYX)
  • Researchers find alligators preying on small sharks in Atlantic and Gulf
  • 'The frequency of one predator eating the other is really about size dynamic'

American alligators are frequently seen ambling around golf courses in Florida as players warily compete their rounds. But new research suggests the reptiles partake in a far more outlandish habit when away from the greens - eating sharks.

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