If alligators in North Carolina and extreme southern Virginia can brumate when it snows and gets cold for weeks at a time why don't they live more up north and just hibernate
![Alligators in North Carolina poke their noses through ice to survive freezing temperatures - ABC News Alligators in North Carolina poke their noses through ice to survive freezing temperatures - ABC News](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/180109_abc_social_gator_ice_16x9_992.jpg)
Alligators in North Carolina poke their noses through ice to survive freezing temperatures - ABC News
![If a lake with alligators freezes during the winter, alligators will stick their heads or sometimes just their noses above the water line and wait for the lake to thaw. They become If a lake with alligators freezes during the winter, alligators will stick their heads or sometimes just their noses above the water line and wait for the lake to thaw. They become](https://preview.redd.it/4igepkmyzei71.jpg?auto=webp&s=4c0a27894abc2a017c0407d23837559c6459a782)
If a lake with alligators freezes during the winter, alligators will stick their heads or sometimes just their noses above the water line and wait for the lake to thaw. They become
![Chilling' vids show hibernating alligators frozen in ice in 17-degree temps as their heart rate drops to 3 beats a min | The US Sun Chilling' vids show hibernating alligators frozen in ice in 17-degree temps as their heart rate drops to 3 beats a min | The US Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image-e1bd37d48a.jpg?w=620)
Chilling' vids show hibernating alligators frozen in ice in 17-degree temps as their heart rate drops to 3 beats a min | The US Sun
![Alligators survive cold snap by becoming 'frozen solid' in North Carolina and Texas ponds | Live Science Alligators survive cold snap by becoming 'frozen solid' in North Carolina and Texas ponds | Live Science](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ikkz6TN77y2rQ8FYZHu6uY.jpg)