{"id":21662,"count":1,"description":"Chordata\nAn alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two extant alligator species: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).\nThe name alligator is an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for \"lizard\", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator.\nAlligators have a variety of successful adaptations to their ecological niche that have allowed these reptiles to remain almost unchanged since the Cretaceous.\nThe alligator is notorious for its bone-crushing bites. In addition, the alligator has been described as a \"living fossil\", having been extant for 200 million years, beginning in the Mesozoic Era.\nA large adult American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds (360\u00a0kg) and 13 feet (4.0\u00a0m) long, but can grow to 14.5 feet (4.4\u00a0m) long and weigh over 1,000 pounds (450\u00a0kg). According to the Everglades National Park website, the largest...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/alligator\/","name":"Alligator","slug":"alligator","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/21662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=21662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}