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Re:Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday May 15, 2020 @10:42PM (#23200020)
Alligator energy.

I hadn’t heard this term before, and just read that an alligator can store up to 60% of the energy it gets from food as fat, mostly stored in the tail.

A large adult in average condition could survive two years or more without food!

https://books.google.com/books/about/Alligators.html?id=0UDL...

Re:Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? by bdr on Saturday May 16, 2020 @12:18AM (#23200461)
This ability might have helped them survive the KT extinction, when food was scarce.