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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.
[14] [15] A 12-foot-long alligator believed to have attacked Satterlee was captured and killed on September 13, 2021. Human remains were found in its stomach. [16] Although Louisiana, like Florida, has approximately 1.5 million alligators, this was Louisiana's only known fatal alligator attack. [17] May 1, 2020: Cynthia Covert, 58, female
Officers then released the five alligators alive into Lake Tohopekaliga, which is about 10 miles west of St. Cloud, the report states. 9-foot alligator bites snorkeling woman on face in Florida ...
Claims of a wild swamp-dwelling reptile living a mile from the 110 seemed fantastical. Then on Aug. 12, a teenage Reggie crawled out of the water for a sunbath, and a city lost its mind. Chaos ensues
A year after the 2007 release, 16 young alligators were found living in the wild. 60 alligator eggs were observed in 2016, distributed in three nests at a wetland park. Although a typhoon in September the same year flooded and eliminated two of the nests, three hatchlings were found in the same area several days after.
Do not attempt to move alligators out of the road. If you see an alligator on the move, leave it alone and let it pass on through. Alligators move the most in spring and summer when they are breeding.
The lineage including alligators proper (Alligatorinae) occurs in the fluvial deposits of the age of the Upper Chalk in Europe, where they did not die out until the Pliocene age. The true alligators are today represented by two species, A. mississippiensis in the southeastern United States , which can grow to 15.6 ft (4.6 m) and weigh 1000 lbs ...