{"id":610352,"date":"2025-07-22T08:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=610352"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:02:42","slug":"is-brushing-this-alligators-teeth-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/videos\/is-brushing-this-alligators-teeth-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Brushing This Alligator&#8217;s Teeth a Good Idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eizzAu6_KWw?si=epmcvH61fTeNnOXw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better watch those fingers! Alligators have one of the strongest bites on the planet, so why is the team at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary going near Freddy\u2019s mouth. And is that a toothbrush?! I didn\u2019t know Alligators could get cavities\u2026or maybe something else is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"609\" data-id=\"610353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brush-Alligator-Teeth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brush-Alligator-Teeth.png 619w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brush-Alligator-Teeth-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brush-Alligator-Teeth-427x420.png 427w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brush-Alligator-Teeth-150x148.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" data-id=\"610354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-982x420.png 982w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-696x298.png 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth-1068x457.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teeth.png 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"617\" data-id=\"610355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator.png 848w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator-577x420.png 577w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator-150x109.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Alligator-696x506.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is doing is incredible! 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