Photos of the fake Alligators (or are they Crocodiles?) that we have spotted on our travels around many Miniature Golf courses in the UK and overseas.
While in Las Vegas I spotted a number of fake Crocodiles (or are they Alligators) and realised that this year I’ve seen a few on my travels, including some real ones at the
Crocodile Enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst, Cambridgeshire.
It got me thinking, as I don’t know the difference between a Crocodile and an Alligator, and as an avid quiz fan I really ought to!
A quick search online led me to some information on the ever reliable
Wikipedia, which shows that the main differences are:
• Alligators prefer freshwater
• Crocodiles can better tolerate seawater
• But both Alligators and Crocodiles can survive in either
• Alligators are darker in colour than Crocodiles, often nearly black
• Alligators have wider and shorter heads than Crocodiles
• Alligator’s heads are more u-shaped than a Crocodiles v-shaped head
• Alligator’s upper jaws are wider than their lower jaws
• Alligator’s teeth in the lower jaw fit into small depressions in the upper jaw
• Crocodile’s teeth fit together, as the upper and lower jaws are the same width
• Crocodiles have a jagged fringe on the hind legs and feet
• Alligators have webbed toes on their hind feet
• Crocodiles are more aggressive than Alligators
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| An animatronic Crocodile (v-shaped head) at the MGM Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas |
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| A big fake Alligator (that looks more like a Crocodile) at the Alligator Bar at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas |
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| A fake Crocodile (I think) at the Outback Steakhouse at Casino Royale in Las Vegas |
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| A fake Crocodile tried to take a bite out of me at the Adventure Golf Course at Fort Fun in Eastbourne! |
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| A close-up of the Barry Island's Smuggler's Cove Adventure Golf Croc |
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| Getting a bit too close to the fake croc |
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| Richard, the Croc and Emily |
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.JPG "A big old crocodile at the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in Woking. Thankfully there are handy rafts to traverse the treacherous waters surrounding the minigolf course")
.JPG "Always heed the warnings at a minigolf course")
.JPG "An Adventure Golf crocodile, or alligator, at the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
.JPG "Emily putts as a couple of alligators, or crocodiles, look on at the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
.JPG "A croc emerges from the water at the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
.JPG "Some ancient alligators on a cave painting at the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
.JPG "An Alligator at the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
.JPG "A crocodile at the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
.JPG "Hungry as a crocodile after your round on the Jungle Island Adventure Golf course? Then head to the club house to snap up some food at Horton Park Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey")
