Please show details of source and research properly - if its your opinion then let me know so i can decide for myself :)
2006-12-05 12:05:20 · 12 answers · asked by Tamara 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Yes. Alligators and crocodiles can sleep underwater. They have little slits on the sides of their heads that act as gills that permit them to breathe for very long periods of time underwater. They are amphibious as well as reptilian.
2006-12-06 06:41:41 · answer #1 · answered by arrizona 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Crocs can go up to 30 minutes without air. They will regularly be in a docile state submerged in a depth so they can lift their nostrils out of the water for a few seconds, long enough to take a breath and then rest again. They can be seen sleeping out of the water, however they would only do this in an area where they feel safe and secure.
2006-12-05 21:05:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My opinion is that no they don't. They would drown. They can rest underwater but not sleep. They can probably stay submerged about 30 mins but not long enough to sleep.
They can almost certainly half-sleep like a dolphin or whale with just their nose above the water.
2006-12-05 12:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, i think they only sleep on land. As far as I know, crocs and alligators breath through their lungs and they would constantly come up to the surface to breath during their time in the water.
2006-12-05 12:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by westervel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, They dont sleep for hours on end like we do, They rest a while and then come up for air. They dont sleep above ground for fear of preditors. not as if the alligators have much to worry about there! but that is the best i can do.
2006-12-05 14:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by Babe in Christ 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You betcha. They breath air but can swim underwater in the same manner that you would. They hold their breath.
2016-05-22 22:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They keep their bodies submerged aprt from their protruding nostrils that can sit above the water line for them to breathe. So, yes, they are under water. It just their noses that aren't.
2006-12-05 15:59:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they can sleep under water, they have nose holes that stick up out of the water and that is how they breathe.
2006-12-05 12:39:50 · answer #8 · answered by amber 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well they breath air so i guess no, not all night anyway. or maybe they pick a hollow stick from the river bank and breath through that.
2006-12-05 12:15:09 · answer #9 · answered by shilo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
crocs and gator can sleep in water as long as their nose sick out so they can breath however corcs and gators are active during the night
2006-12-05 13:29:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋