Alligators were hunted, mainly for the skin and meat. Driven to endangerment, government regulations to protect them were enacted. Today, the alligator has rebounded, and is a very common species again, numbering in the low millions.
The biggest animal living in florida was an american alligator. American alligators found in everglades can get 15 ft to 16 ft long and weigh 800 lbs to 1000 lbs. Pythons also are the longest animal in florida, and can grow as much as 8 meters or 27 ft long and weigh 300 pounds or more. Florida black bears are the biggest american black bears ever known and males are around 600 pounds. These black bears are recorded to kill and eat 16 ft american alligators!
Chinese alligators are American Alligators used to but now they are protected
There is only 27 Chinese alligators left in the worldThere is about 120 chines alligators left in the world.
Yes, American alligators are native to Florida. They are found in freshwater environments throughout the state, including swamps, lakes, and rivers. Florida is an important habitat for American alligators, and they play a crucial role in the state's ecosystem.
They are not endangered anymore, though once was because people hunted it for its hide and meat. It is no longer even a threatened species, and is doing just fine in the southeastern United States. There are estimated to be up to 2 million in Louisiana alone.
they are killed and their scales are used to make jewelry
They are not rare anymore, though they were at one point endangered. There are estimated to be up to 2 million in Louisiana alone. The Everglades are one major habitat for these alligators.
From 1967 to 1987, the American Alligator was endangered. Today, however, it's population has fully recovered. The Chinese Alligator, however, is currently endangered.
Until 1985, American Alligators were considered endangered, because before that, Americans, and centuries ago European settlers, hunted them down to very near extinction. However, the American government banned hunting these animals, and they flourished again.
because people rape them
The chinese alligator is critically endangered, with a population of less than 500.
alligators , crocodiles , and etc.
i think alligators in the everglades
Their habitat is being destroyed and pollution kills fish and them.
Of course they are. All alligators are reptiles (not amphibians).
The American alligator currently numbers between 2-3 million. The endangered Chinese alligator is rare, only a few hundred survive.
The American alligator now numbers over two and a half million. The smaller Chinese alligator is endangered, and numbers only a few hundred.