Large turtles tend to swim less than smaller ones, and the very big species, such as alligator snapping turtles, hardly swim at all, preferring to simply walk along the bottom of the river or lake.

Animators studied comets and nebulae at the Mount Wilson Observatory, and observed a herd of iguanas and a baby alligator that were brought into the studio.

There have been many animals at Cincinnati Zoo that have held records, including the longest living alligator in captivity at the time ( at about 70 years of age ), the fastest cheetah in captivity, and the largest Komodo Dragon ( which died in 2005 ).

Many motorists carry jumper cables ( known in the UK as jump leads ) which consist of a pair of heavy gauge, insulated wires with alligator clips at each end.

Two other reptiles, the common side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, and the southern alligator lizard Elgaria multicarinatus, were at one time thought to be endemic, but an analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that both species were most likely introduced in recent times.

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The largest reported size was a male killed in 1890 on Marsh Island, Louisiana and reportedly measured at in length but no voucher specimen was available since the alligator was left on a muddy bank after having been taped due to having been too massive to relocate.

The temperature at which alligator eggs develop determines their sex.

To split the sounds further he attached alligator clips at various positions on the strings.

The alligator figure has since shown up in 4 unique promotional configurations, and the first figures are presently due at retail in late 2012 or early 2013.

In February 2010 at the New York Toy Fair, Diamond Select Toys gave away a promotional alligator Minimates Battle Beasts figure.

Ice Gator is the fictional alligator mascot of Disney's Blizzard Beach water park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in the United States.

They looked up to see an alligator wearing a purple scarf and a purple and pink ( Or gold and purple depending on the image ) ski hat careening down the mountain at top speed.

Julie Scardina presents Bob the alligator along with a message promoting sustainability and conservation of our natural resources at the 2006 Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo.

One weighed at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago was a 16-year resident giant alligator snapper weighing, sent to the Tennessee State Aquarium as part of a breeding loan in 1999, where it subsequently died.

Contrary to claims that alligator snapping turtles possess the second strongest bite force of any animal, it has been recorded at which is lower than several other species of turtle and at about the same level as humans .< ref > Still, these turtles must be handled with extreme care.

The gender of the baby alligator snapping turtles depends on the temperature at which the eggs are incubated.

Correct handling of a 45 pound alligator snapping turtle at Austin Reptile Service, in Austin, Texas | Austin, Texas.

The black caiman broadly overlaps in size with the American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ), although it is on average larger at maturity.

In some areas ( such as the Araguaia River ) this species is consistently reported at in length, much larger than the alligator ( which rarely even reaches 4 meters ), although specimens this size are uncommon.

Chinese alligators are quite prolific in captivity, with estimates of the total captive population at over 10, 000 animals, mostly in the Anhui Research Centre of Chinese Alligator Reproduction and the Madras Crocodile Bank, as well as in numerous zoos, including the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park which has successfully bred the Chinese alligator and has been fortunate enough to release some of the offspring back into the wild in China.

In a scene from the film, soldiers are wading through a swamp in the Everglades, and one of them is bitten and dragged underwater by an alligator.

An American alligator skull ( AMNH 1736 ) found in western Nebraska and dating back to the Middle Miocene, a time when the region's environment was much like that of the Everglades

Alligators modify some wetland habitat, in flat areas such as the Everglades, by constructing small ponds known as " alligator holes ".

On August 16, 2011, McWilliams made a different kind of history by traveling to the Florida Everglades, harvesting by 44-magnum bangstick an over 11-foot, estimated between quarter-ton and half-ton bull alligator.

In October 2005, rangers in the Everglades National Park discovered the carcass of a 6-foot ( 1. 8 meter ) alligator protruding from the burst and headless carcass of a 13-foot ( 4 meter ) Burmese Python ( a non-native, invasive species ).

He is best known for being part of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, with Stan Lane, and later for a run in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) as Skinner, a gimmick that portrayed him as a tobacco spitting alligator hunter from the Everglades.

In the summer of 1991, Keirn debuted in the WWF as Skinner, an alligator hunter from the Florida Everglades.

First of all, deserts exhibit salt flats on the western side of the National Park and creosote desert, with low elevations on the east covered with grassland, pinyon pine ( Pinus edulis ) and junipers such as alligator juniper ( J. deppeana ) and one-seeded juniper ( J. monosperma ).

First of all, deserts exhibit Salt flats on the western side of the National Park and creosote desert, with low elevations on the east covered with grassland, pinyon pine and junipers such as alligator juniper and one-seeded juniper.

On the edge of downtown in the early 1900s, Sam Houston Park was home to the city ’ s first zoo – a collection of rabbits, raccoons, Mexican eagles, black bear, a great horned owl, capuchin monkeys, prairie dogs, and an alligator pond.

East of this interchange the road turns direct east again and passes through Christmas, a rural community containing various Christmas shops, trailer parks and the Jungle Adventures Nature Animal Park which boasts of having " Swampy " the world's largest alligator.

Other members of the Ocean Park family include James Fin H < sub > 2 </ sub > O ( a shark ), Jewel ( a butterfly ), Swift ( a dolphin ), Chief ( a parrot ), Professor ( a turtle ), Later Gator ( an alligator ), and Redd ( a red panda ).

The name alligator is an anglicized form of, the Spanish term for " lizard ", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator.

* Interview Seminole alligator wrestler ; made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida

Several Florida tourist attractions have taken advantage of fears and myths about alligators — as well as the reality of their danger — through a practice known as alligator wrestling.

According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, raw alligator meat contains roughly 200 calories ( 840 kJ ) per serving size, of which 27 calories ( 130 kJ ) come from fat.

Alligators are thought to be an important natural predator, and the absence of muskrats from Florida may in part be the result of alligator predation.

Examples include buckaroo, alligator, rodeo, savvy, and states ' names such as Colorado and Florida.

One scene that was cut saw Captain Jack lying in state at the capitol in Florida, with Kid Rock being one of the people present to pay their respects to the alligator.

The potential for the established population of Nile monitors in Lee, Charlotte, and other counties in Florida, to negatively impact indigenous crocodilians ( American alligator " Alligator mississippiensis " and American crocodile " Crocodylus acutus ") is enormous given that they normally raid crocodile nests, eat eggs, and prey on small crocodiles in Africa.

Among its features are a wedding gazebo, a replica of the Castillo de San Marcos ( North America's oldest fort ), an alligator exhibit featuring animals from the Gatorland theme park, and a display with treasures from the Spanish galleon Our Lady of Atocha, sunk off the Florida coast in 1622.