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The temperature at which American alligator eggs develop determines their sex (see temperature-dependent sex determination). Studies have found that eggs hatched at a temperature below 88.7 °F (31.5 °C) or a temperature above 94.1 °F (34.5 °C) will produce female offspring, while those at a temperature between 90.5 and 92.3 °F (32.5 and 33 ...
Alligators and caimans split in North America during the early Tertiary or late Cretaceous (about 53 million to 65 million years ago). [4] [5] The Chinese alligator split from the American alligator about 33 million years ago [4] and probably descended from a lineage that crossed the Bering land bridge during the Neogene.
Alligator eggs typically hatch “from mid-August through early September,” suggesting the five alligators were 2 to 3 months old. Alligators can reach more than 14 feet in length and 1,000 ...
Egg production is variable, and believed to be dependent on the size of the female. A common formula used for predicting the number of eggs a female can produce is 4.1 eggs/gram of body weight, which gives an average of about 150,000 eggs per spawn. The eggs of alligator gar are bright red and poisonous to humans if ingested. [20]
By comparison, South Carolina has about 100,000, mostly in any sizable body of fresh water below the state’s Fall Line, which runs roughly parallel to U.S. Highway 1. Think Lakes Marion and ...
Large alligators do not recognize the difference between domestic pets and wild food sources. It is best to avoid swimming in areas that are known habitats for large alligators but at the least ...
A year after the 2007 release, 16 young alligators were found living in the wild. 60 alligator eggs were observed in 2016, distributed in three nests at a wetland park. Although a typhoon in September the same year flooded and eliminated two of the nests, three hatchlings were found in the same area several days after. [64]
The alligator project leader for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said alligators are in any sizable body of fresh water below the state’s Fall Line, which runs roughly ...