"Chilling Discovery: Frozen Alligators Found in North Carolina at 17 Degrees"

Frozen alligators, dubbed "gatorcicles," were found suspended in a North Carolina swamp as temperatures dropped to 17 degrees, allowing them to survive by sticking their noses out of the ice to breathe and suspend themselves in the water. The rarely witnessed adaptation is an extreme form of brumation, enabling the alligators to survive cold snaps while frozen in place. The park's videos of the "gatorcicles" have garnered attention on social media, with some daring the park to "boop the snoot" of an alligator, and one staffer even recorded himself doing just that.