The urban myth of the New York City sewer alligator has come to life in Union Square Park. The new statue depicts a life-sized alligator sitting on the inside of a manhole cover surrounded by toxic waste and trash. It was created out of bronze by Swedish artist Alexander Klingspor. He dedicated the piece to the “resilience of both alligators and New Yorkers.” Watch more from IndependentTV at the link in bio 🔗 | The Independent

Here’s a really interesting aspect of alligator behavior! The more in a space, generally the better they get along!! It seems very counterintuitive to what you might expect, but it’s been shown that multiple gators in one area is much “safer” for them than just two! Of course, sizes and individual personalities will affect this, but when gators of roughly the same size are put together they get along much better than just two or three. Obviously you don’t want to overcrowd them either, but this