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Chance the Snapper is a four [1] to five [2] foot long American alligator that was found swimming in the Humboldt Park lagoon, in Chicago, Illinois, on the evening of July 9, 2019. [3] The animal was named after Chance the Rapper [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] in an online poll conducted by the Block Club Chicago news website, [ 7 ] beating other suggested ...
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 ...
Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.6 m (11.2 to 15.1 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 500 kg (1,100 lb), with unverified sizes of up to 5.84 m (19.2 ft) and weights of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) making it the second largest member by length and the heaviest of the family Alligatoridae, after the black caiman. Females are smaller ...
The group is so large, they can be seen from Google Earth.
Alligators can be found swimming in canals, lakes, rivers, and swamps. The majority of alligators in the U.S. live in Florida and Louisiana, where humans coexist with the toothy creatures.
Keep reading to discover more about how alligator habits and habitats lead to encounters with humans. Where Alligators Live in the U.S. American alligators can be found wherever there is water ...
Florida honored the American alligator in 1987, but the Gators have titled the University of Florida's teams since 1911. In that year, a printer made a spur-of-the-moment decision to print an alligator emblem on a shipment of the schools football pennants; the mascot stuck, perhaps because the team captain's nickname was Gator. [108]
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