Alligators Eat Rocks to Increase Time Underwater

Yale e360
Feb 1, 2019, 12:56 pm163 pts
Alligators fill their bellies with small rocks as a way to stay underwater for longer periods of time, according to a recent study in the journal Integrative Organismal Biology. Ingesting stones equal to just 2.5 percent of the alligators’ body weight increased the animals’ dive time by an average of 88…

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