Personally I prefer gators *Cuddles the gator face* But both ARE adorable

Now that's helpful AND nifty! :3

Our two alligator chix should ki$$

Thank you for this omg

I actually need to thank you now. I now know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile

I always thought they were the same.

Gators typically don't have any teeth showing when their mouths are closed, though, but this is accurate otherwise. :>

really :O I've only ever seen them with some of the top teeth showing since their upper jaws are wider than the lower!

You're correct. They always have upper teeth showing when their mouth is closed.

Oh, I guess they are a bit. Sorry, my bad!

Not to mention the widely different appearance of the rest of their bodies and their behaviors

They represent two distinct genetic lines within the taxonomic order of corcodilia. Sort of like how bears and canines both fall under the order of caniformia, and branched-off hundreds of thousands of years ago from a common ancestor.

In the Alligator family there are the American alligator which is found exclusively in the southern US, and the Chinese alligator, which is found in a small region of eastern China. Caimans are another branch of the alligator family, that are found throughout South and Central America.

The Crocodile family is much more widespread, with species in southern Florida and the Caribbean, Central and South America, and throughout Africa, Asia, and Australia. Also branched-off from the crocodile family are gharials, which are exclusive to India.

I want 10 of both please. You make me want to get a croc or gator sona now. Hng.

well yeah they are adorable when u draw them with blushing faces

more like alliGAYtors and COCKodiles

Hey, I kinda resemble that remark... ^..^

THANK YOU WTF
I complain about these differences so often omgosh. UoU(\
And this is so good and great bless

IT ALWAYS DROVE ME CRAZY i know it doesnt really matter because furry porn but STILLLLLL!
people would get mad if i pointed out that their gator wasn't actually a gator and they would just go "it's just my style" BUT ITS NOTTTT

I just get bummed out that I didn't do my research! D:

Can I have mine with tiny birdies?

Both super useful and super adorable :P

You're missing caimen and gharial :V

GHARIALS ARE SO SCARY THOUGH

But only fishes have to fear them! Caimens are so cute though...make a great femboy with their small size.

not true! caimen are terrifying and MEAN!! see! :P http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012.....28_634x423.jpg

Haha so much fear! Also if it isn't obvious crocs and gators have been my favorite animal since I was five. I really need a gator OC.

But snaggleteeth are so adorable. ;_; Maybe my gator girl just needs a dentist!

get that poor girl some invisalign!!! :P

She's going to end up with headgear! D:

Had to study this sort of thing a few months go while making a D&D character. Really cool to see it boiled down into something easy to understand like this, good job c:

They are cute, all right.

Those "eyebrow" ruffles on the gator tho...

<3<3<3

CANT forget the ruffz. they're important for the cuteness factor.

Both are adorable.... until they try to bite your face off.

Ech, both still can bite your head off.

Very cute, and Crocodiles love enjoying the land more than water or something I read up on too. Pretty cool they both got hangout preferences.

"BOTH ARE 100% ADORABLE"

SO MUCH YES ;3;

also

interior crocodile alligator :v

i drive a Chevrolet movie thea-ter.

Very adorable indeed! =D

I may need to have you run by my own gator lady to check and see if she has the correct gator-only aspects.

And I'm really curious how you would do the Sarchosuchus dino :) .

wait then WHAT IS CHAMELI~

SHE ALWAYS LOOKED LIKE A GOOD OL FASHIONED GATOR TO ME

ok good<3
ps gatorgirls at the pool
ps gatorgirls wrestlin
ps gatorgirl slumberparty u3u

crocs and gators unite to have adorable slumber parties and talk about cute caiman boys :,3

MAKE IT HAPPEN! DO EET NAOOOW!

It's like the turtle, tortoise thingie?

Thank you so much! I might just have to link this every time I get my croc commissioned ^_^

I knew you were going to do this. Lol

ALLIGATORS RULE

Oh look how adorably that alligator is chewing my face off

And suddenly all the Caiman in the world feel left out

your right got to give them both huge soo cute

Notice me Senpai.. LOVE ME S-SENPAI!
http://tinyurl.com/ntnbfm6

also gators have caveman brows

Excellent! I love taxonomy, and a simple educational illustration like this to help inform people is awesome to me!

Don't forget about their feets!

Am I croc-awii, uguu?

I'm still kinda new to the difference between a croc and an alli. So allis have a u-shaped jaw and a croc has a v-shaped jaw and has lower jaw teeth sticking up.

I've been wrong all this time D;

Stop Yelling at me XD I've got snaggle teeth

I always get those two mixed up. Thanks for clearing things up.

See, people?! That's why Scampi's a croc and I'm an alligator! http://i.imgur.com/Ki0WVZx.png NSFW

Saw this on Twitter. +instafav for both are 100% adorable. <3

Both look like they tore up your shoes and that they're very sorry :3

My body is a lie! D8

I like the rounded snout of a gator. so cute ^///^

i was absentmindedly looking at your ref and was just about to ask two seconds ago how to tell the difference before i just randomly clicked onto your front page and found this. what a nice coincidence!

i love these types of images, they're so mega-helpful. both are super cute tho, you can't go wrong with a gator or a croc!

so many comments for just a cutesy submission x.x

I wish I was sexy and popucroc!

THANK

YOU

Very helpful. I love to cuddle both croc
and gator.

Think we can all agree of their adorability :>

Grew up loving Croc's over Gators and Krookodiles over Feraligatr's~

I'm definitely going to keep a hold of this to help others! Yes, they're all adorable.

I vote Gator!

Crocogators. Best of both worlds. *flashes toothy grin* ^,=,^