The record holder for heaviest alligator was a 13′-foot (4 meters) 10 ½-inch (26.7 centimeters) gator caught in Orange Lake. The beast was caught on April 17, 1989, and weighed a whopping 1,043 pounds (473 kilograms).
Largest Alligator Ever Recorded Though it was never caught, the largest alligator ever to have been found and recorded was in 1890 in Marsh Island, Louisiana. This Marsh Island alligator, who measured 19.2 feet and weighed in at 2,000 pounds, was killed in Vermilion Bay in Southern Louisiana.
12- to 13-footGoliath, a 12- to 13-foot alligator that makes his home at the Myakka Pines Golf Course, fought off a gator that invaded his territory.
Man retrieving golf balls is attacked by alligator in pond on Florida golf course. A man retrieving golf balls from a pond near the sixth hole of The Palms Course at Rotonda Golf & Country Club in Florida was attacked by an alligator Friday afternoon.
North CarolinaNorth Carolina is the farthest north that alligators are found naturally, he said. A 3-foot-long, collar-wearing alligator was found Sunday strolling down a street in Brockton, Mass. On Monday, a 2-foot gator was spotted under a car in New York City.
Keeping every factor in mind, we can say that a crocodile does not have a bulletproof body, but they can deflect or survive many powerful shots due to the thick layer of skin and bony scales. However, some well-placed shots on their vital parts can kill them immediately.
It was determined that for the good of the entire colony, that Goliath needed to be isolated. Plans were made to move him to a pool where he would be comfortable and unable to kill any more of the endangered American Crocodiles. This is where Goliath lives today.
Alligators often turn up on golf courses as they provide a safe habitat with plenty of prey. In his masters thesis, Eli Beal, from the University of North Florida, examined the stomach contents of alligators on golf courses on Jekyll Island, Georgia, to establish what they were eating at these locations.
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Share All sharing options for: Giant gator eats golf ball after being hit in the head. Golf course gators, a Florida tradition like no other. Seeing an alligator in a water hazard isn't anything new, but few actually eat the golf ball like this one did.
It's never a good idea to get purposefully close to an alligator, tempt, or provoke it in any way. However, alligator attacks are fairly rare—and they eat people even less commonly. Only a small fraction of attacks are deadly, and often the remains are found intact after an attack.
It's very rare for an alligator to chase a human on dry land. And the average human could easily outrun an alligator, zigzagging or not — it tops out at a speed of around 9.5 miles per hour (15 kph), and it can't maintain that speed for very long [source: University of Florida].