Crocodile sightings are less common in Marathon than in the upper keys and everglades. In the video below a crocodile is spotted resting on a power cord and hose at the Boot Key Harbor in Marathon. It looks like the crocodile is interested in fish near an underwater light. The crocodile is about 8 feet in length.
There are even crocodiles are far south as Key West Florida. Further actually, even all the way to the Dry Tortugas which is about 70 miles west of Key West. This shows that crocodiles can travel across the open ocean. The video below shows great footage of a crocodile filmed by a snorkeler. There are lots of minnow and baitfish swimming around and the water is crystal clear. This particular crocodile was well known in the area and was named Cleatus. It was living in the area for over 14 years without incident.
The national park service relocated the crocodile in to the everglades national park. The park service evidently thought the crocodile was approaching people that had food. The Dry Tortugas National Park does get a lot of visitors that come to snorkel and swim in the area.
The video below shows the crocodile being captured for relocation. It gets a private seaplane ride to its new home! The diet of the American crocodile consists of fish such as tarpon, bass , mullet, silversides, pilchards, snapper, and stingrays.
These crocodiles also eat mammals and birds such as opossums, rabbits, raccoons, goats, hogs, cows, herons, pelicans, and similar species. Read about updates and our safety information. Alligators are crocodilians in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae.
There are two alligator species: the American and the Chinese Alligator sinensis. Alligators and crocodiles are in different families. Alligators have a wider, rounded U-shaped snout while crocs have a more pointed V-shaped snout. While alligators primarily live in the southeastern U.
Crocodiles favor saltwater areas while alligators prefer freshwater and brackish water habitats. Southern Florida is the only place where alligators and crocodiles coexist.
American alligators inhabit most of the southeastern United States; primarily Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia. The largest population of gators live in Gainesville, FL. They live in freshwater rivers, lakes, swamps, and marshes. There are an estimated five million American alligators in the southeastern U. Year after year we find that children and adults are always interested in learning more information about alligators when visiting Florida.
Alligators can grow up to pounds and 13 feet long on average. Females do have a tendency to be smaller than males. American alligators have lived in the Florida Keys since the first Europeans explored the islands. In , Terri Jacobsen authored a multi-year study of Alligators living in the Keys. Alligators of the Florida Keys most commonly inhabit freshwater habitats away from the coast. Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it?
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