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FAQs

Where are the largest alligators found? ›

The largest alligator to ever be recorded was found on Marsh Island, Louisiana. This beast measured 19 feet and 2 inches and weighed around 2,200 lbs!

The largest American alligator scientifically verified in Florida for the period from 1977 to 1993 was reportedly 4.23 m (13 ft 11 in) and weighed 473 kg (1,043 lb), although another specimen (size estimated from skull) may have measured 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in).

Also in 2013, in Louisiana, was a 13ft 5in whopper that weighed 900 pounds. Nicknamed the Monster of Monster Marsh, the capture of this alligator was actually documented on the TV show Swamp People.

Lake Blackshear can be called the most alligator-infested lake in Georgia.

American alligators occur in Florida, southern Texas, Louisiana and parts of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, with the alligator's range appearing to inch northward in the last few years.

Based on fossil evidence, the longest crocodile ever to live was a Sarcosuchus imperator, who measured 40 feet long and weighed 17,600 pounds. The largest one ever officially measured was Lolong, who was a saltwater crocodile who measured 20 feet 3 inches long and weighed 2,370 pounds.

In November 2011, Australian crocodile expert Adam Britton of National Geographic sedated and measured Lolong in his enclosure and confirmed him as the world's largest crocodile ever caught and placed in captivity. Lolong died on 10 February 2013 from pneumonia and cardiac arrest.

Range and Habitat

Louisiana and Florida have the largest alligator populations—there are more than one million wild alligators in each state. Although alligators can be found in ponds, lakes, canals, rivers, swamps, and bayous in Louisiana, they are most common in our coastal marshes.

Fans of the show know David LaDart and his stepson, Jeromy Pruitt, as a formidable alligator-hunting team. This season they came close to winning the $10,000 biggest gator bounty contest. However, Troy Landry and his brother Guy took home the prize after LaDart and Pruitt failed to get their massive catch back on time.

The largest American alligator in Texas was 14 feet, 4 inches long! The biggest alligator ever found in Texas was an incredible 14ft 4inches in length and weighed around 900 pounds.

How realistic is Swamp People? ›

You can't have a reality show without a camera work, editing... and some staging. The shots of alligator wrestling on Swamp People are effective and very well shot, but not that realistic. It's surmised that a lot of these battles with wildlife are pre-filmed, staged and then stitched together.

Keep your pets and children away from alligators.

Do not allow your dogs or children to swim in waters inhabited by alligators, or to drink or play at the water's edge. To an alligator, a splash potentially means a food source is in the water.

"Lake Okeechobee has the most alligators, due to its size and availability of suitable habitat," an FWC spokesperson said. That lake has about 30,000 alligators, but it's almost 30 times larger than Lake Jesup.

Is swimming safe in Florida lakes? All natural Florida lakes contain alligators and snakes. In addition, the majority of natural Florida lakes have dark or stained water limiting visibility. Alligators and snakes depend upon the ability to ambush prey to survive.

Oklahoma. There isn't much of a chance of finding an Alligator in Oklahoma - that is at least until you get to the southernmost parts of the state. Here, a gator spotting isn't unheard of, although not very likely.

Crocodiles can not mate with alligators. The quick answer is no. Despite having a similar appearance, they are genetically too different, and although related, they long ago diverged into different genera. Alligators and crocodiles belong to different subspecies (Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae).

Gainesville, Florida, has the highest number of alligators in one city. People in Florida have learned to share the wild with these massive predators. Southern Florida is also the only place on earth where alligators and crocodiles live together.

The largest one ever officially measured was Lolong, who was a saltwater crocodile who measured 20 feet 3 inches long and weighed 2,370 pounds.

The biggest alligator ever found in Florida was 17 feet 5 inches! According to the Key West Aquarium, the biggest alligator ever found in Florida was 17 feet 5 inches. Every year, researchers and conservationists perform an annual alligator census and go out at night to count alligators.

Crocodiles are the larger species and fully-grown will be up to a metre longer than even large alligators. They are also a lighter colour and have long, v-shaped snouts. This v-shaped snout also gives crocodiles a rather toothy grin. In fact, crocodiles are unable to close their long snouts to hide their teeth.

What is the biggest crocodile on record? ›

When transferred to Bunawan Eco-Park in the Philippines in 2011, Lolong lived up to his name with an unprecedented – and as-yet-unsurpassed – total length of 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in).

Nifong also scoured the literature for accounts of sharks clashing with other crocodilians. He found plenty. But in many cases the crocodilians were the prey, from great white sharks preying on American crocodiles in Colombia, to tiger sharks eating estuarine crocodiles in Australia.

The Nile crocodile is the largest crocodilian in Africa, and is generally considered the second-largest crocodilian after the saltwater crocodile.

The Florida conservation commission said in November 2021 there were 442 unprovoked alligator bites in Florida from 1948 to 2021, averaging six a year. Of those bites, 26 were fatal, meaning there was one fatal injury nearly every three years in the state.

"This So Unusual," Alligator Spotted Swimming In Gulf Of Mexico

The largest population of gators live in Gainesville, FL. They live in freshwater rivers, lakes, swamps, and marshes. There are an estimated five million American alligators in the southeastern U.S. with a quarter of the alligator population in Florida.

Crocodiles can not mate with alligators. The quick answer is no. Despite having a similar appearance, they are genetically too different, and although related, they long ago diverged into different genera. Alligators and crocodiles belong to different subspecies (Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae).

Crocodile: Who Would Win in a Fight? Crocodiles win the fight because they're bigger, stronger, and more aggressive than alligators. Although the chances of them meeting are not great due to population differences and ranges, a match between these two heavyweights could happen in southern Florida.

These reptiles have a reputation for being aggressive and dangerous to other animals, but many people who have interacted with alligators in the wild say they can be quite docile and gentle creatures.

Who killed Lolong? ›

It was later considered the largest saltwater crocodile in captivity. However, two years, in February 2013, the crocodile named Lolong died due to stress and fungal infection.

Where are crocodile attacks most common? Most crocodile attacks occur in sub-Saharan Africa. There are large concentrations of aggressive Nile crocodiles along major waterways that thousands of people use daily.

The largest crocodile in the world, the estuarine crocodile, or “saltie,” is 22 feet long and can weigh up to 2,200 pounds. Other crocodile species include the dwarf crocodile, which is less than six feet long, and the saltwater crocodile.