The Myth of Er is a story from Plato's "Republic" where a soldier named Er is believed to have died in battle, only to awaken on his funeral pyre and recount his journey through the afterlife. In this myth, Er learns about the process of reincarnation and how souls are judged before being sent back to Earth to live a new life based on their previous actions.

The only alligators and crocodiles that are in New York are in zoos. The idea of them roaming through the sewers is a myth.

In the story, Er lays on the battlefield for ten days before his body is collected, and tells a story about a near-death, or post-death, experience, which is a way that Plato instructs his students about the immortality of the soul.

In the Myth of Er which is part of the Circle of Life, animals are included. In the myth some animals choose the more difficult human route while some humans choose the "easier" life of an animal.

"Er er er er er er!"