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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.
A controversial measurement put the world-record alligator at 15 feet, 9 inches and some Mississippi hunters don't think it can be topped.
Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and ...
There's a new record in the state of Mississippi for the biggest alligator caught on public land. The monster is 12 ft and 7 and 7/8 inches long, making it the biggest by an eighth of an inch.
The Komodo dragon is the largest living species of lizard in the world. The largest of the monitor lizards (and the largest extant lizard in genera) is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), endemic to the island of its name, at a maximum size of 3.13 m (10.3 ft) long and 166 kg (366 lb), although this is currently the only record that places ...
CAMDEN, Ala. (AP) - A group of Alabama hunters are celebrating the catch of a lifetime: A 15-foot-long alligator weighing more than 1,000 pounds. Al.com reports the monster gator was pulled from ...
Other sources suggest Muja became the world's oldest alligator in May 2020, following the death of Saturn in the Moscow Zoo. [7] Muja is the Belgrade Zoo's last surviving animal from the 1930s and 1940s. [6] He is widely regarded as the oldest living alligator in captivity and has been recognized as such by Guinness World Records. [2]
More: Hunters bag Mississippi alligator weighing almost 700 pounds Another long night of hunting alligators. The following day, Ullendorf bought more hooks and returned to the river with only one ...