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Chordata
An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two living alligator species: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis). In addition, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains. Alligators first appeared during the Oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago.
The name alligator is an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for "lizard", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator.
A large adult American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds (360 kg) and 13 feet (4.0 m) long[citation needed], but can grow to 14.5 feet (4.4 m) long and weigh over 1,000 pounds (450 kg). The largest ever recorded was found in Louisiana and measured 19 feet 2 inches (5.84 m). The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 7 feet (2.1 m) in length. Alligators have an average of 75 teeth.[citation needed]
There is no measured average lifespan for an alligator. In 1937, a one year-old specimen was brought to the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia from Germany. It is now 76 years old. Another specimen, Čabulītis, in Riga Zoo, Latvia died in 2007 being more than 75 years old.[citation needed]
She sells it all around the corner
She sells it all around the world
Well take me back to see the Queen
Along the Crimson Nile
Take me back to Amsterdam and watch me blow my mind
She sells Imaginary fortunes
She sells imaginary hearts
Well take me to the pharmacy
And roll me up a fat one
Take me back to Amsterdam and lay me out a line
There she goes
a vision and a rose
take me to the streets that call my name
There she lays
so beautiful insane
I'll ride that roller coaster once again
She said the world's too untogether
And she said we'll never make it through
But that is her prerogative
It sure as hell ain't mine
Take me back to Amsterdam
Take me back to Amsterdam