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The Mississippi River is home to the alligator, one of the most fierce predators in North America. These big reptiles grow big in this habitat. Find out how big they can get by watching this video ...
The Florida state record for the longest alligator is 14 feet 3-1/2 inches, while the record for weight is 1,043 pounds. At 13-15 feet long, The Big Humpback is an unusually large reptile, which ...
The eastern coral snake, Texas coral snake, eastern copperhead, cottonmouth, western pygmy rattlesnake, and the eastern diamondback rattlesnake and canebrake rattlesnake can all be found in Louisiana. The largest reported American alligator was a male killed in 1890 on Marsh Island in Louisiana, and reportedly measured at 19 feet (5.8 meters). [17]
Today is T-Roy and Bigfoot's final day of gator hunting in Louisiana before returning to Texas for the start of gator season there, working overtime to find the biggest gator they could find and win Troy's bet. Troy and Brandon also work all day at a sure-fire place for big gators -- his secret honey hole.
The largest and most alligator-infested lake in the state has more than 9,000 alligators confirmed to be living in it, with another 21,000 estimated to be lurking in the same water.
An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 360 kg (790 lb) and 4 m (13 ft), but they sometimes grow to 4.4 m (14 ft) long and weigh over 450 kg (990 lb). [11] The largest ever recorded, found in Louisiana, measured 5.84 m (19.2 ft). [12] The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 2.1 m (7 ft) in length.
Approaching the path, the gator pulled itself out of the water, lifting an enormous body, and slowly strutted across the reserve path, a video taken by Bergquist shows.
The sewer alligator is an urban legend centered around alligators that live in sewers outside alligators' native range. Some cities in which sewer alligators have supposedly been found are New York City and Paris .