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Alligators commonly live up to 50 years, but there have been examples of alligators living over 70. [14] One of the oldest recorded alligator lives was that of Saturn , an American alligator who was hatched in 1936 in Mississippi and spent nearly a decade in Germany before spending the majority of his life at the Moscow Zoo , where he died at ...
Myth #3: Alligators have poor eyesight. Not true. Since their eyes are on the sides of their head, alligators have a good sense of the movement of their prey.
People think alligators don’t see well because their eyes are on either side of their head. Nope, says Price. “They can see straight forward, thus giving them a wider view than humans,” he said.
Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.6 m (11.2 to 15.1 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 500 kg (1,100 lb), with unverified sizes of up to 5.84 m (19.2 ft) and weights of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) making it the second largest member by length and the heaviest of the family Alligatoridae, after the black caiman. Females are smaller ...
Interesting Alligator Facts. Other than being terrified of them and knowing they've been around forever I don't know much about alligators. I did a bit of research and learned that they are ...
Much about the alligator ear is unusual, the study noted, including the fact they are located under flaps and the eardrum is “positioned deep from the surface of the skull.”
Alligator experts have this advice: Leave them alone. If they must be moved, let wranglers take care of it. Chances are, the gator doesn’t want you but they wouldn’t say no to your dog.
It is suggested that an alligator gar can grow up to 10 ft (3.0 m) in length. The body of an alligator gar is torpedo-shaped, usually brown or olive colored, fading to a lighter gray or yellow ventral surface. In very rare occurrences, they can also be black, seen in gars that have a high level of melanin.