An alligator can bite through steel. It is one of the strongest bites of any living animal, second only to salt water crocodiles. Their eyes glow in the dark. They reflect back red when light hits them. Some accounts say they're fast, by some accounts, reaching 35 miles per hour. Attacks that result in death are incredibly rare in florida,. An estimated 26 since 19 forty eight. But non fatal attacks happen every year.