Monster Gator

[jekjr]

Look at the length of the tushes on the pig on his mouth.

 

[reynoldston]

Is that a Alabama gator? If so I am sure glad its in your neighborhood and not mine. I thought I didn't like snakes but a snake you can kill.

 

[RobertBrown]

That ain't no gator. That's a crocodile!
I suspect you have been mislead.
My guess is that pic is from South Africa.
The pig is a wart hog.

 

[reynoldston]

That ain't no gator. That's a crocodile!
I suspect you have been mislead.
My guess is that pic is from South Africa.
The pig is a wart hog.

Not that hard to mislead a Northern boy when it comes southern reptiles or wild hogs.

 

[jekjr]

Not that hard to mislead a Northern boy when it comes southern reptiles or wild hogs.

It could be a croc from where ever and a wart hog. However the guy that sent it to me a couple of years ago said that the photo was taken in the vicinity of where interstate 10 and interstate 55 intersect in Louisiana. Supposedly it was on a rural paved road somewhere close to there.

I have shown it to numerous people that are outdoors men and hog hunt and I have never had anybody else say it was no a gator nor a wild hog.

If you examine it you find that the snout is pretty wide on it and a croc that big I think would have a much longer snout.

 

[jekjr]

Is that a Alabama gator? If so I am sure glad its in your neighborhood and not mine. I thought I didn't like snakes but a snake you can kill.

I have seen many gators in the wild in the rivers of south Alabama. I have seen some that were very large. I have never see one that big.

 

[Two-Stroke]

Based on this comparison chart, it looks like a crocodile to me. You can't see the snout -- a narrower, more pointed snout (crocodile only) would be definitive.

Here's another interesting factoid I found (on this page):

All alligators are crocodiles, but not all crocodiles are alligators.
...
Both alligators and crocodiles are members of the reptilian order Crocodylia. But the families they belong to, Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae respectively, differ. Often, when people use the word "crocodile" what they really mean is "crocodilian." This term encompasses not just the common alligators and crocodiles you might already know, but also the lesser known Gavialidae family that contains the lone gavial, or gharial. All told, there are 23 species of crocodilians.

 

[jekjr]

Based on this comparison chart, it looks like a crocodile to me. You can't see the snout -- a narrower, more pointed snout (crocodile only) would be definitive.

Here's another interesting factoid I found (on this page):

I did not take the picture and I did not see the gator. The guy that sent it to me is from Lousiana. I have not talked to him in a good while now. He sent me the picture and said where it was taken. For all I know he could be mistaken or a liar. However IF it was taken where he said it was taken it is not a crocodile it is a big honkin gator. Crocs do not range that far north YET or if they do none of the folks I know have seen any. There are some tremendous gators in Alabama as well as Lousiana, Mississippi, and Florida. I personally have seen some in the wild. Just not sure if they were close to that one. I think the Al State record is over 600#'s now and something like 13'+ long. Seems like the last record Gator I saw was heavier than the previous one but shorter...... The last one I saw pictures of was taken approx 150 miles from the coast on the Alabama River. It seems like the record is broke now every year or so because there is ow a legal hunting season on them here. Although those that are over 9 to 10 feet are not that common those that are smaller are everywhere. I have seen as many as 50 in a short stretch of the Alabama River in the spring at night when jug fishing.

 

[jekjr]

Not that hard to mislead a Northern boy when it comes southern reptiles or wild hogs.

As for wild hogs many parts of the South are over run with wild hogs. I have known people to trap and kill as many as 40 hogs in one trap in one day.

 

[Ric]

I did not take the picture and I did not see the gator. The guy that sent it to me is from Lousiana. I have not talked to him in a good while now. He sent me the picture and said where it was taken. For all I know he could be mistaken or a liar. However IF it was taken where he said it was taken it is not a crocodile it is a big honkin gator. Crocs do not range that far north YET or if they do none of the folks I know have seen any. There are some tremendous gators in Alabama as well as Lousiana, Mississippi, and Florida. I personally have seen some in the wild. Just not sure if they were close to that one. I think the Al State record is over 600#'s now and something like 13'+ long. Seems like the last record Gator I saw was heavier than the previous one but shorter...... The last one I saw pictures of was taken approx 150 miles from the coast on the Alabama River. It seems like the record is broke now every year or so because there is ow a legal hunting season on them here. Although those that are over 9 to 10 feet are not that common those that are smaller are everywhere. I have seen as many as 50 in a short stretch of the Alabama River in the spring at night when jug fishing.

Personally I think it's a gator, the Florida length record is 14 feet 3 1/2" and was caught in a lake in Brevard county according to Florida game. The weight record is 1043 lbs caught in 1989 claim was it was 17 and a half feet caught just outside Gainesville Florida. There are Croc's in the glades and there population is growing in numbers.