Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors.
I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.
The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.