Why do alligators eat meat and not vegetables?
—Puri To tell you the tooth, alligators have a meat-based diet because of their teeth! You see, alligators can’t chew their food—and chewing is necessary for digesting plants and vegetables. Alligators are designed to eat other animals—and they swallow them whole. When it comes to finding food, alligators are not hunters. They aren’t gatherers, either—they’re lurkers! Yup, that’s right. Alligators hide out in murky water and wait for something edible to walk or swim by and then—SNAP!—they grab it with their big, toothy jaws. And alligators eat just about everything, including fish, turtles, frogs, birds and mammals like buffalo, zebras and monkeys. Hope that answers your question, Puri. Later, gator! Is there such an animal as a cabbit? —Ashleigh, 12 Hmmm, Ashleigh, could you be talking about the legendary half cat and half rabbit?! The key word is legendary, of course—the cabbit doesn’t really exist. But if you’ve ever seen a Manx cat, you can see why people think so! This breed of ki
