{"id":438588,"date":"2026-01-30T09:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438588\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:23:08","slug":"heres-how-one-gator-in-beaumont-rode-out-the-recent-freezing-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438588\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s how one gator in Beaumont rode out the recent freezing temps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gator Country shared video on their Facebook page of an alligator in a state of brumation.<\/p>\n<p>BEAUMONT, Texas \u2014 Check out how one Texas critter handled the freezing temperatures across Texas!<\/p>\n<p>The video above is from Gator Country in Beaumont. It shows a gator frozen in ice with its snout above the water. If you\u2019re concerned for the gator, don\u2019t be. This is perfectly natural according to experts. \u00a0The gator is in a state of brumation, which is similar to hibernation, just a little different.<\/p>\n<p>The difference between brumation and hibernation is that during brumation, the gator isn\u2019t fully asleep. Its metabolism and heart rate drops. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t eat and only drinks occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>Normal brumation in Texas for cold-blooded reptiles like alligators runs from October to March, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/3068476839991407\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gator Country\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, they say heart rate drops to three beats per minute during brumation.<\/p>\n<p>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/life\/animals\/beaumont-alligator-frozen-texas\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newstips@khou.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include your name and the best way to reach you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gator Country shared video on their Facebook page of an alligator in a state of brumation. BEAUMONT, Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-438588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}