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Milk is fed to young only in the case of mammals (usually hairy or furry animals), so alligators do not feed milk to their young. The young survive on bits of meat that fall out of the mothers' mouths after they have successfully hunted.

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No. Alligators protect their babies from predators, but the young must find food on their own.

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How does an alligator breed their babies when they are born?

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