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Explain the importance of the alligator to the Atakapan people.

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they feed rapiciously on invasive nutrias ,which cause horrific damage to wetlands by denuding their vegetation and they also tunnel deep depressions and provide reservoirs during droughts these gator holes can be a source of lifesaving water for fish birds turtles and other creatures

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The alligator was very important to this band. In addition to consuming its meat as food, they used its oil for cooking and to treat minor arthritis and eczema symptoms. They used its scales as arrowheads. ... They were at times associated with the neighboring Eastern Atakapa and Chitimacha peoples.
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