Florida Crocodile Or Alligator

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Florida crocodile or alligator. Alligators have inhabited florida s marshes swamps rivers and lakes for many centuries and are found in all 67 counties. Crocodiles and alligators belong to a group of reptiles called crocodilians which are the largest of the living reptiles. In recent years florida has experienced tremendous human population growth. American alligator right and the american crocodile left at mrazek pond florida.

Crocodiles like saltwater and brackish areas and can usually be found near the florida coast. The florida alligators live in freshwater and occasionally brackish water generally rivers lakes and swampy areas. Mark johnson 61 said he was walking along the canal last sunday in port. Sinensis additionally several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains.

Of the 23 different species of crocodilians in the world 2 species are native to the united states and south florida is the only place where both of these species coexist. Alligators first appeared during the oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago. When the reach a certain size or the age of 3 whichever comes first they are returned to the farm and switched for younger alligators. Alligator attacks python in florida s everglades national park a giant python in the florida everglades met its demise earlier this week when an alligator decided to make the serpent its next meal.

An alligator snatched the 2 year old boy and dragged him under water in the seven seas lagoon on the evening of june 14 2016 between 9 and 9 15 p m. The alligators in the key west aquarium are usually between the ages of 1 and 3 years old and are on loan from the alligator farm in homestead fl. An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus alligator of the family alligatoridae the two living species are the american alligator a. At disney s grand floridian resort spa just outside of orlando florida.

Unlike australian and nile crocodiles the florida crocodiles are fairly small and shy. His father tried to rescue him but was reportedly attacked by a second alligator and forced to flee. A florida man out walking his dog was attacked by an alligator and nearly dragged into a canal behind his home. Florida alligators are showing their true flexibility and range social media has caught one climbing a fence and another swimming in a flooded road.