Frozen Alligator Found Alive in Texas and North Carolina

In Texas, an alligator at a rescue center was found submerged in frozen water, still alive with its heart barely beating due to a process known as brumation, where reptiles enter a low metabolic state during cold weather. The alligator was seen almost completely submerged in a frozen pond, with only parts of its tail and snout visible through a hole in the ice. Wildlife officials say gators typically brumate between mid-October and early March, and when water ices over, they use their snouts to make a hole to breathe.