"Alligator pearls" joke

This one was told to me by my penpal Mary Ellen Duff, to whom
it was told by some enigmatic fellow named Dave...
An ignorant but well-meaning tourist was visiting a small
Polynesian island when he came across a native man proudly
displaying twenty alligator teeth slung about his neck in
a decorative fashion.
"I guess you must prize alligator teeth the way we value
pearls," said the tourist.
"More so," said the native. "Anyone can open up an oyster."

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