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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).
The bellows of male American alligators are accompanied by powerful blasts of infrasound. [38] Another form of male display is a loud head-slap. [ 39 ] In 2010, on spring nights alligators were found to gather in large numbers for group courtship, the so-called "alligator dances".
Male alligators can grow to more than 14 feet long and weigh up to 1,000 pounds in some cases and females can reach, or even exceed, a length of 10 feet and a weight of 250 pounds, reported the ...
Saltwater crocodile farm in Australia Nile crocodile farm in Israel Aerial view of a Cambodian crocodile farm Farm in Maun, Botswana Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm in Thailand. A crocodile farm or alligator farm is an establishment for breeding and raising of crocodilians in order to produce crocodile and alligator meat, leather from crocodile and alligator skin, and other goods.
It’s estimated there are 100,000 alligators in South Carolina, not even close to the 2 million in the state with the most, Louisiana. Wildlife experts there say if you’re in a lake, just ...
Seeing an alligator can be both a startling and fascinating sight. Not seeing one until the last second can be even scarier. Here’s what to remember.
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...
However, given that alligators are cold-blooded reptiles, they undergo a different form of self-preservation. Much like snakes in South Carolina, alligators in the Palmetto State go into a state ...