An incredible piece of footage from a wildlife park in North Carolina provides a glimpse of the amazing way in which alligators survive frigid temperatures.
The video, posted by the Shallotte River Swamp Park, shows the cold-blooded creatures submerged in a lake that has been frozen over with only the tips of their snouts sticking out of the ice.
According to wildlife experts, the remarkable behavior, known as brumation, is akin to hibernation in that the alligators are able to slow down their breathing and metabolism to enter into a dormant state.
In the midst of that process, the creatures instinctively know the precise moment to push their noses out of the water to ensure that they will not be frozen beneath the ice and can continue breathing.
Check out the breathtaking footage of the 'frozen' gators at the Coast to Coast AM website.