If an alligator can survive a difficult life which starts with biting and can last up to a year, it can be 100 years old.
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How old is the oldest alligator?
The world’s oldest alligator is named muja and is at least 85 years old. He arrived at the Belgrade Zoo when he was two years old, but his exact hatch-year isn’t known.
What animal lives the longest?
The bowhead whale, which can live to be over 100 years old, is one of the marine species that outlive humans.
Bowhead whales are the largest animals on the planet, with a body length of up to 30 meters (98 feet) and a maximum speed of over 40 kilometers per hour (25 miles per hours).
They are also one of the most intelligent creatures on Earth, able to communicate with each other and with other whales, dolphins and porpoises.
How big is an alligator’s brain?
An american alligator has a brain that is roughly the size of three olives. The alligator is one of the most vocal reptilians. They growl, grunt and bark. The babies want their mother to help them out of the nest.
“Alligators have been around for millions of years, and they’re still going strong today,” said Dr. David C. Smith, a professor of biology at the University of Texas at Austin.
Do alligators mate for life?
A new study shows that alligator’s are not as promiscuous as previously thought. Up to 70% of females chose to remain with their males, according to a 10-year study of alligators at the Rockefeller Wildlife refuge in Louisiana. The study, published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, was conducted by researchers from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The study was funded by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service. “This is the first time that we’ve been able to show that females are choosing their mates based on the quality of the male,” said study co-author and LSU professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Dr. Michael D. Smith, in a statement.
“It’s a very important finding, because it suggests that males are important to females’ reproductive success, but it’s not clear why females choose to mate with males that are more attractive to them than other males,” Smith told Live Science in an email interview.
