[Answer] What is a group of alligators called?

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...In a group of alligators, or congregation, the smaller alligators demur to the biggest, most dominant alligator. Being extremely territorial is a common trait among large male alligators. These monstrous creatures usually prefer to live alone. It is the smaller, less mature alligators who will most likely live in large numbers near each other. Alligators are indigenous animals to both China and the United States, with the Chinese alligators in the Yangtze River valley currently considered endangered. Source: Reference.com

[Answer] What determines the sex of newborn alligators?

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...Temperature is the deciding factor in an alligator`s gender, according to Dr. Paul Cardeilhac, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Florida. Alligators and some turtles are known to display temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), where the temperature of the environment in which the eggs are raised in determines the sex of the individual. For example in the alligator's eggs, incubation at 34ºC and above produces mostly males, while incubation at 30ºC and below produces mostly females.

[Ans] What determines the sex of newborn alligators?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What determines the sex of newborn alligators?"

Temperature is the deciding factor in an alligator`s gender, according to Dr. Paul Cardeilhac, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Florida. Alligators and some turtles are known to display temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), where the temperature of the environment in which the eggs are raised in determines the sex of the individual. For example in the alligator's eggs, incubation at 34ºC and above produces mostly males, while incubation at 30ºC and below produces mostly females.