are there alligators in china?
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Today it is limited to the lower Yangtze, primarily in the Anhui and Zhejiang provinces in eastern China. Chinese alligators are found in slow-moving freshwater rivers and streams, including lakes, ponds and swamps.
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Finding an alligator that far north on the Guadalupe is uncommon, but not unheard of, said Andrew Gluesenkamp, a Texas Parks and Wildlife herpetologist. A gator was spotted last year around the Cibolo Creek Nature Center near Boerne.
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Occasionally, there will be one spotted in the Marco River and even the canals of Marco Island. ... Alligators were reported in several canals this past August and September. It is not uncommon. Alligators are fascinating, historic creatures that can be enjoyed as part of the natural beauty of South Florida.
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Cult worshippers built cities to him in southern Egypt, covering them with his image. Word is, the recent crocodile — or alligator — has swum downstream to the northern Cairo neighborhood of Maadi. The Nile is not a natural habitat for alligators. They are native to the United States and China.
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While they both belong to the Crocodilia order, they are members of two quite separate taxonomic families. Besides, alligators DO NOT live in Africa. The only one of the two you will find in Africa is the crocodile.
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Large populations are found in Florida, southern Georgia, and Louisiana. The range of the American alligator (where they occur) in the southeastern United States (see orange area, or darker shading, on map). Alligators may occur anywhere there is water—lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps, and even man-made canals.
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According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, it's rare to see alligators in the ocean since they are freshwater animals. “There are many things you may encounter when swimming in the ocean. Alligators probably aren't one of them,” the agency said on its website.
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According to the 2005 Scholastic Book of World Records, Louisiana has the largest alligator population. The majority of American alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million alligators in each state. Southern Florida is the only place where both alligators and crocodiles live side by side.
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Alligators are rarely found in the Great Lakes. Although some alligators thrive in freshwater, it's just too cold in the north for them to survive. They don't typically live farther north than North Carolina. It's unclear how the alligator arrived to Lake Michigan.
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Alligators are not native to California. According to Florida State University, Florida and Louisiana have the largest populations of alligators in America, with each inhabited by around 1.5 million alligators.
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TWRA officials said if there was an alligator in an East Tennessee lake, it was put there illegally. A couple widely-shared Facebook posts claim that alligators are here in East Tennessee. However, state wildlife officials have said that's almost impossible. ... All those confirmed sightings are in West Tennessee.
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Alligators. It's courting season for the alligators in Gulf State Park which means that the gators are restless and are traveling around looking for mates. ... *There are only two species of alligators? The American Alligator and it's smaller cousin the Chinese Alligator.
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Alligators are naturally expanding their range into Tennessee from the southern border states. TWRA has not stocked any alligators in Tennessee. Alligators expanding into Tennessee is just another species that we must learn to coexist with like many of the other southern states.
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We recently estimated that there are 32,000-38,000 alligators and about 408,000 acres of alligator habitat in Mississippi. ... We have discovered that the average size of Mississippi alligators is much larger than alligators sizes reported from other states, such as Florida or Louisiana, where alligators are hunted.
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Alligators are not native to California. ... Alligators prefer fresh water but can sometimes handle brackish water and can be found in rivers, lakes and other small bodies of water.
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Alligators. Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for many centuries, and are found in all 67 counties. In recent years, Florida has experienced tremendous human population growth. ... Although many Floridians have learned to coexist with alligators, the potential for conflict always exists.
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In Georgia, they typically live along and south of the fall line (which roughly traverses the cities of Columbus, Macon and Augusta). There is no evidence that alligator populations reproduce north of the fall line and any found in these areas have probably been relocated there by humans.