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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]
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.
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
The U.S. state of Louisiana has a total of ten metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs); 37 of Louisiana's sixty-four (64) parishes are classified as metropolitan. [1] According to the 2020 United States census, these parishes had a combined population of 3,918,560 (84.1% of the state's population).
In June, an alligator dragged Michael Burstein, 75, into a pond in Myrtle Beach and in August Nancy Becker, 88, slipped into a pond while gardening in her backyard in Sun City and was attacked.
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 ...
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge is a 23,000-acre (93 km 2) region of fresh and brackish marshes located within the city limits of New Orleans. It is the largest urban wildlife refuge in the United States.
It argues that human-alligator interactions become more likely the more time people spend beside the water but adds that “alligators seldom bite people and fatalities from such occurrences are ...