Really? What got me interested in snakes is the way they fed. I looked up some videos on snakes about a year ago, and bam, I got interested. They're fun to handle as well. They tickle me xD.
Yeah. They do get pretty big, even the "Dwarf" alligators. Personally I'd substitute a gator for a Monitor Lizard. They're somewhat smaller and less agressive (IMO). Plus they have a forked tongue xD.
I won't mind keeping a crocodile in a zoo but sure about my house they get giant. Might be accused of going to sleep and waking up with out an arm or leg XD
Don't mean to budge in on your conversations, but I noticed you like animals as well. I generally like reptiles, especially snakes. I have a corn snake as a pet. I would've gotten a python though, but my mom and I settled for a corn snake.