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Location:

Inner Tropics - Next to Komodo Dragons

Chinese Alligator

  • "Boomie" (M) ~1994

Identifying Features:

History:

More Information:

  • He is full grown. Enjoys shade and his pond. Responds to auditory/visual cues to come for feeding. He will interact with boomer balls and the fill pipe for his pool. Doesn't seem to care too much about cardboard.

  • One of only 2 species of alligator

  • Males and females will bellow during breeding season

  • Females will nest on mounds of mud and vegetation

  • They can lay 10-40 eggs

  • Females will guard their nest and bring offspring to the water when they hatch

  • Females have been know to live with their young through the first winter

  • Nest temperatures withing range of 86-89 degrees will have both male and female offspring.

  • Temps above 93 degress will produce only male offspring

  • Temps below 86 degrees will produce only female offspring

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