Why did alligators survive the KT event and most dinosaurs didnt?

Have you folks ever wondered why the mightiest of species in the cretacious , the dinosaurs, didnt survive the KY mass exctinction and the alligators did? There are many theories on this but my feelings and thoughts on this has to do with the facts that the alligators are master survivolists.


Alligators and Crocodiles can go months without food and can almost shurt down body metabolism to a standstill. This is the perfect mechanism to have during a major event such as this. If you remember many scientists talked about how the sun was blocked out for a long period of time after the giant meteor struck the earth.
This caused most of the plants to die, which in turn caused the herbivores who fed on them to die, which in turn caused the meat eating dinosaurs that fed on the herbivores to die. The dinosaurs and most other animals werent properly prepared to survive such a catastrophy, but the Crocs and Gators were. The key was probably their metabolism.