Summary
Beneath most cities lies a hidden world of cables, subways and giant tunnels -- but do alligators really live down there? Brad and Clementine investigate whether a sewer could ever be an alligator's home.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
The kids investigate whether the legend of city-sewer alligators could be true.
- What is really found in the tunnels under a city?
- Does a sewer give an alligator what it needs to survive? Why or why not?
- How can evidence help us tell a true story from a made-up one?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: investigate, habitat, evidence.
Try it: Decide: could an alligator survive in a sewer? Write your answer and one reason for it.