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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 and caimans split in North America during the early Tertiary or late Cretaceous (about 53 million to 65 million years ago). [4] [5] The Chinese alligator split from the American alligator about 33 million years ago [4] and probably descended from a lineage that crossed the Bering land bridge during the Neogene.
Alligators can swim at quick speed, and run even faster, however, these will only be in short bursts. When an alligator is in the area or if you find yourself near a body of water in the ...
Pond Creek NWR includes 30,500 acres (12,300 ha) on the north bank of the Little River. Breeding populations of the American alligator are found in Millood Lake and Pond Creek NWR and alligators are sometimes seen in the Little River National Wildlife Refuge. This lower section of the river is characterized by swamps, sloughs, oxbow lakes and a ...
Alligators are no different in this sense. In fact, a simple baby alligator chirp can cause adult alligators from all around to investigate, similar to what happened in the video above.
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.
The alligator project leader for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said alligators are in any sizable body of fresh water below the state’s Fall Line, which runs roughly ...
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 ...