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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 ...
Weston already holds numerous alligator gar world records, including a 283-pound monster he caught in 2023. “People don’t regard it as much of a game fish, I don’t know why,” Weston said ...
A controversial measurement put the world-record alligator at 15 feet, 9 inches and some Mississippi hunters don't think it can be topped.
Louisiana has the largest American alligator population of any U.S. state. In the future, possible American alligator populations may be found in areas of Mexico adjacent to the Texas border. [ 71 ] The range of the American alligator is slowly expanding northwards, including into areas they once found such as Virginia. [ 72 ]
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An 1854 watercolor painting of an alligator from the Cayman Islands by Jacques Burkhardt. 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]
A July 2024 report in the AZ Animals blog sums up the largest alligator ... 1.3 million alligators. Texas: 400,000 to 500,000 alligators. ... to emotional seeing the world clearly for the 1st tim
The Texas state record, and world record for the largest alligator gar caught on rod and reel, is 279 lb (127 kg), taken by Bill Valverde on January 1, 1951, on the Rio Grande in Texas. [45] Alligator gar are also quite popular among bowfishers because of their large size, trophy potential, and fighting ability. The Texas state bowfishing ...