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F.A.Q.

GENERAL FACTS ABOUT ALLIGATORS

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John Quincy Adams the 6th president of the United States had a pet alligator.

The states that the American Alligator is found is Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina and extinct from Virginia

American Alligator scientific name: Alligator mississippiensis

Range: Eastern North and South Carolina, central and south Georgia, Florida, central and southern Alabama and Mississippi, southwestern Arkansas, Louisiana and southeastern Oklahoma and Texas

Habitat: swamps, overgrown ponds, lakes, bayous and rivers

Diet: insects, clams, snails, crustaceans, frogs, salamanders, snakes, waterfowl, small mammals and smaller members of their own species

Mating season is early May - late June

Females lay 25 - 60 hard-shelled eggs which incubate for about 65 days

Hatchlings measure around 8 in. (20 cm)

Alligators grow 6 - 12 in (15 - 30 cm) a year for the first 6 - 10 years of life

Maximum size of adult males is around 15 ft (5 m)

Alligators live over 60 years

Gators have around 80 teeth. They loose and regrow these teeth throughout their lives.

The most noticeable difference between alligators and crocodiles is the shape of their snout.  Alligators have a wide, rounded, u-shaped snout, while crocodiles have a narrower, pointed, v-shaped snout.