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Former ministry mascot, Amos the alligator, John Fitch John Fitch loves alligators. A lot. And he's not content watching them on TV or spotting them in the wild. Fitch likes keeping them around the house. The Quaker minister, 53, admits that he's been fascinated with reptiles since he was a kid, but his mother refused to let him keep any as pets. "They used to sell alligators for two dollars at Woolworth's," Fitch says. Fitch's current reptile buddy is named Erwin, a young 30 inch long gator, who lives in a giant, octagon-shaped jacuzzi tub in the ministry's pantry room in Richmond, Ind. "The tub is 6 feet around and waist high, so Erwin can't climb out of it," says Fitch. "People can ...

Getty Images It can be hard to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, and for good reason. Both of these greenish-brown, ancient-looking creatures belong to the reptile class and have long snouts, even longer tails and very big teeth. Both alligators and crocodiles belong to the taxonomic order called crocodylia. So in a sense, one can say that while all alligators are crocs, crocodiles are not alligators. But that sort of information probably won't help much if you happen to run into either one of them on, say, a golf course in Florida or a canoe trip in Belize. When in doubt, remind yourself of where you are. Alligators live only in the southern United States (hence, ...

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