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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.
The alligator's full mitochondrial genome was sequenced in the 1990s, and it suggests the animal evolved at a rate similar to mammals and greater than birds and most cold-blooded vertebrates. [18] However, the full genome , published in 2014, suggests that the alligator evolved much more slowly than mammals and birds.
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.
This will show notable individual animals who have a record in the Guinness World Records or had in the past. Pages in category "Animal world record holders" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
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 ...
By some accounts, Muja became the oldest known alligator in captivity in 2007, when Čabulītis died at the Riga Zoo in Latvia. [6] 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]
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 ...