Amazing facts of life

If you are a person who love to know animal facts and want to know more, you are at the right place. Here is answers some information about Alligator for your checking out.

1. There are two living species of alligator in the world: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).
2. The alligator is often described as “a living fossil” given that it has changed little in the past 65 million years.
3. Female alligators construct nests made of vegetation and mud. They can lay over 50 eggs in a single season. They are amongst the most attentive parents in the reptile world, tending to remain with their young, caring for them, for as long as three years. 
4. The sex of a newborn alligator is determined by the temperature of the nest. Incubation temperatures of 30 Celsius or below will produce females, whereas 34 Celsius or above will produce males. Do you want to check out our long and rich source of tigers facts in your spare time?
5. Although often confused with crocodiles, alligators can be distinguished from crocodiles by their broad u-shaped snouts; comparing them with crocodiles’ v-shaped snouts.
6. Although seriously endangered in the 1950’s the American alligator’s numbers have grown since they came under legal protection. Being killed for their skins was the major issue. 
7. Alligators can have up to 80 teeth at any given time. New teeth grow to replace worn ones and throughout a lifetime an alligator can have between 2,000 and 3,000 teeth.
8. In North American shamanism, alligators are symbols of adaptability and survival.
9. Alligators are opportunistic feeders who ambush their prey rather than chase them. They can reach 30 miles per hour in a short burst, however cannot maintain a high speed.
10. The alligator became the official state reptile of Florida in 1987.

• Of the estimated 1 in 6 jews killed in the Holocaust died at Auschwitz.
• During the four and a half years of Auschwitz's existence, there were 1,1 million people died.
• Auschwitz was first constructed to hold polish political prisoners, who arrived in May 1940.
• Besides Jews, others deported to Auschwitz included 150,000 Poles, 23,000 Romani and Sinti, 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war and 400 Jehovah's witnesses.
• A polish soldier- Witold Pilecki, volunteered to be prisoners in Auschwitz with purpose of gathering information about Auschwitz, then escaping and revealing about the Holocaust to the world. Do you agree with me that this is one of the most interesting science facts ever made?
• The main camp of Auschwitz was like a small town, with full of its own staff canteen, cinema, theatre and store.
• Polish midwife Stanislawa Leszczynska carried out many delivers a day and helped pregnant women deliver up to over 3.000 babies.
• At least 1.1 million prisoners died at Auschwitz because of either murdered in gas chambers, died of starvation, infectious disease, individual executions, medical experiments or forced labor.
• Prisoners at Auschwitz received a hot drink in the morning, but no breakfast, and a thin meatless vegetable soup at noon. In the evening they received a small ration of moldy bread.
• Josef Mengele was the famous doctor who made an experiment on the prisoner while in Auschwitz camp. He was interested more to conduct the experiment on twins and kids.
• Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, the leader of the Nazi party that would incite the Holocaust and result in the murder of millions of Jewish and Jewish-descendent individuals from across Europe..
• During the Holocaust, Jewish boxer Salamo Arouch was imprisoned at Auschwitz. He was forced to fight fellow prisoners; the losers were sent to the gas chambers or shot. He survived over 2 years and 200 fights until the camp was liberated.