In this picture, we can get better sense of the razor teeth and the mighty build of these awesome creatures. I wouldn't want to tangle with one of these brutes.

Beauties? I don't know about that; but that is what Steve calls them. Let's find out from Steve how the alligator got its name:

Spanish seaman gave the American Alligator its name. They presumably had no knowledge of crocodiles in other parts of the world, and when they first saw the alligators in the American rivers, they spoke of them as lizards, 'el largarto' in Spanish. English sailors adapted the name making it one world 'allagarter' which was further adapted to alligator.