Alligator
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Gatorland puts more jump in Jumparoo...is undergoing a structural facelift and is being recast with younger, thinner and presumably jumpier alligators. Previously, any alligator in Gatorland's main lake could swim in the Jumparoo area and try to snatch chicken during the... |
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PR Newswire: Beer - Wine & Spirits | 4 days ago
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 12, 2009
Man finds alligator head while walking dog
A painter and decorator has described his shock at finding the severed head of an alligator while he was out walking his dogs in West Yorkshire. Published: 7:00AM GMT 13 Nov 2009 Peter Lumb from Huddersfield found the severed head of an...
In this article: Dog, Huddersfield, Manchester Museum, American Alligator, Border Collie, and Crocodile
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AP Online | November 12, 2009
Man reaches under car and gets bitten by alligator
LAND O'LAKES, Fla. LAND O'LAKES, Fla. (AP) - A Pasco County man was bitten by an alligator that had parked itself under his car. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said 38-year-old Joseph Cannistra saw something lying...
In this article: Florida, Dog, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Pasco County
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Daily Mail | November 12, 2009
Dog walker shocked to find severed head of ALLIGATOR
Last updated at 3:57 PM on 12th November 2009 A painter and decorator described his shock today at finding the severed head of an alligator while he was out walking his dogs. Peter Lumb, 59, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, found the...
In this article: Dog, Manchester Museum, American Alligator, Border Collie, Crocodile, and Huddersfield
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Naples Daily News | November 11, 2009
First time alligator hunter literally 'gets into it'
...11, 2009 at 4:56 p.m. Friends help the Hamms pull their capsized airboat from the waters of Lake Okeechobee. Submitted A first-time alligator hunt turned into a watery nightmare for Collier County residents Beth and Tony Hamm. The...
In this article: Garmin, Lake Okeechobee, and Collier County
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The Troy Messenger | November 10, 2009
Alligator captured in Pocosin area
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St. Petersburg Times | November 09, 2009
Fingers intact, Land O'Lakes man recovers from alligator attack
A friend brought him to University Community Hospital in Tampa. Zeus came home. State wildlife officials caught the alligator and said it would be killed. Cannistra moved from Town 'N Country in Tampa to his home on Geddy Drive three...
In this article: Tampa, Florida and Tampa Bay
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CBS | November 08, 2009
Man has hands bitten by alligator under car
LAND O'LAKES, Fla. (AP) aEUR" A Pasco County man was bitten by an alligator that had parked itself under his car. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says 38-year-old Joseph Cannistra of Land O'Lakes saw something lying...
In this article: All rights reserved, Dog, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Pasco County, and Florida
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Description from Wikipedia:
An Alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The name alligator is an anglicized form of the Spanish el lagarto (the lizard), the name by which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator. There are two living alligator species: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).
There are many adaptations for the American alligator. Baby alligators have an egg tooth that helps them get out of their egg during hatching time. They also have a muscular flat tail that propels them forward while they swim. == Description ==
The alligator is notorious for its bone crushing bite. In addition, the alligator has been described as a 'living fossil from the age of reptiles, having survived on earth for 200 million years'.
An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 800 lb and 13 ft long, but can grow to 14.5 ft long and weigh 1032 lb. According to the Everglades National Park website, the largest alligator ever recorded in Florida was 17 ft, although according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission web site the Florida state record for length is a 14 ft male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County. The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 7 ft in length. Alligators have an average of 75 teeth.
The average lifespan of an Alligator is 50 years. A specimen named Muja has resided in the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia since 1937, making it at least 71 years old. Another specimen, Čabulītis, in Riga Zoo, Latvia died in 2007 being more than 75 years old.
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