Alligator

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two living species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator . Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains. Alligators first appeared during the Oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago.The name “alligator” is probably an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for “the lizard”, which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator.Later English spellings of the name included allagarta and alagarto,more info:wiki

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#10 New Alligator Show & Hut,more info:wootenseverglades

#9 The Baby Alligator,more info:babies-dangerous-wild-animals.blogspot

Crocodiles and the Alligators

Crocodiles and Alligator are some of the most dangerous animals in the world. In fact, they are in the world’s top ten most dangerous animals in the world despite the fact that crocodiles and alligators look almost alike. Africa, Asia Europe the Americas Australia or just depending on the region one is coming from, these dangerous crocodiles and alligators are some of the most important animals in the world one needs to make sure to keep a look at in many of the worlds rivers, lakes and swamps of the world. These lazy animals as they seem to be while basking in the sun are also very important animals within their natural habitat and the ecosystem as well.

Crocodiles and alligators always swept clean these rivers and lakes of any dead animals which might have drowned or rotten killed and swept along in these alligators and crocodiles infested waters. As far as crocodile and alligator species are concerned, there are two living Alligator species: the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis). As far as the definition of an alligator is concerned, an alligator comes from the crocodilian is in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. Alligator comes from the Spanish word el lagarto (the lizard). This is the famous name which was given to the alligators by the early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator.

#8 Massive alligator crushes state record Brian Broom, more info:clarionledger

A team of hunters harvested an alligator Monday morning off the Mississippi River that weighed over 750 pounds and measured more than 14 feet. Not only did it surpass the hunters’ goal, it is a new state record.

#7 Villagers report recent close encounters with alligators on Villages golf courses, more info:villages

#6 Alligator (yes, an alligator) spotted in Alameda Creek, more info:sf.curbed

Alligators in the creeks around Fremont are decidedly not common. But there was at least one discovered this week in Alameda. The creature was shot and killed shortly after.

Early Tuesday morning, the Fremont Police Department tweeted photos of the lurking, four-foot long reptile with a bite strength equivalent to that of being pulled by a truck. Officials warned people to stay away from the Alameda Creek Trail where hikers spotted it.

A few hours later, the Alameda County Sherriff’s Department (which polices the county’s waterways) tweeted again to clarify that neither sheriff nor Fremont Police Department personnel had been the ones to kill the animal, and that comments and/or incredibly angry emails should be directed to US Fish & Wildlife, who ultimately made the call about the stray beast.

#5 12-foot-long alligator strolls across South Carolina golf course, ignoring human onlookers,more info:abcnews.go

#4 Mom, 2 kids die after car hits alligator in South Carolina,more info:usatoday

BOWMAN, S.C. — Authorities say a mother from Florida and her two young children have died after their car hit an alligator on Interstate 95 in South Carolina.

Orangeburg County Chief Deputy Coroner Sean Fogle said 24-year-old Amber Stanley, her 4-year-old son Jack and 2-year-old daughter Autumn all died from burns after their car hit a tree and caught fire after hitting the alligator.