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(2,257 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,453 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,613 posts)It is true though scientists estimate that alligators have been around 150 million years or more. And, in their current form for perhaps 8 million years. They believe they survived the extinction event that got the dinosaurs. And underwent minor evolutionary changes until roughly 8 million years ago.
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator-species-8-million-years-old.htm
Srkdqltr
(6,453 posts)flying_wahini
(6,770 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,906 posts)As long as I'm about 500 feet away.
keithbvadu2
(37,183 posts)Arne
(2,257 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,323 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,613 posts)That's a big one, too. Who considers that a pet?
Solly Mack
(90,837 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,125 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,703 posts)wnylib
(21,906 posts)When I was in grade school, we walked past a house on our way to school whose owner had two small alligators. His yard had a heavy fence. There was a small concrete pond for the gators. We used to see them in the yard in fall and spring when it was warm. I don't know what he did with them in winter. Maybe had a heated basement for them.
One got loose once, very briefly, before the owner had it back in the yard. His neighbors complained and he had to get rid of them. I don't know how he managed to keep them as long as he did since "exotic" pets were not legally allowed.
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