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American alligators do not normally reach such extreme sizes. In mature males, most specimens grow up to about 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) in length, and weigh up to 360 kg (790 lb), [7] while in females, the mature size is normally around 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in), with a body weight up to 91 kg (201 lb).
Alligators commonly live up to 50 years, but there have been examples of alligators living over 70. [14] One of the oldest recorded alligator lives was that of Saturn , an American alligator who was hatched in 1936 in Mississippi and spent nearly a decade in Germany before spending the majority of his life at the Moscow Zoo , where he died at ...
The TWRA does not stock any alligators in Tennessee. Any you see in the wild are wild animals and dangerous. These are predators, so it should be noted that they are not to be engaged if you come ...
Wildlife officials shot the alligator, which was still holding the lifeless body of the boy 20 hours later. [44] [46] October 3, 1993 Grace Eberhart, 70, female: Florida — She was killed by one or more alligators at Lake Serenity, Sumter County. She died of a broken neck caused by an alligator bite to the throat and head. [44] [46] June 19, 1993
Alligators can grow up to ten feet in length and weigh more than 800 pounds. They can run 10 miles an hour; this isn't usually a concern though since they normally only run to catch prey and would ...
A fisherman caught a 4-foot alligator in Norris Lake in East Tennessee. Here's where Norris Lake is and why the alligator find is uncommon.
On 27 March 2018, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reported that its personnel had videoed a 7 ft (2.1 m) alligator at the Wolf River Wildlife Management Area in Fayette County, Tennessee, one in a series of confirmed recent sightings of the reptile in West Tennessee. The reptiles are moving into Tennessee across its southern state ...
An angler fishing near Norris Lake Monday got the catch of his lifetime when he reeled in a nearly 4-foot-long alligator. Union County Wildlife Officer Rick Roberts received a call at 5 p.m ...