are there alligators in missouri?
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While alligators aren't native to Missouri because they can't live through the cold winters, there have been sightings of the reptiles in the St. Louis area, such as when police found a 2-foot gator in a De Soto creek in 2010 and when a fisherman pulled in a small gator from a St. Charles subdivision pond in 2014.
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The amount of alligator habitat in Mississippi is only a fraction of that in Florida." Comparatively lower numbers of gators in Mississippi, residential development patterns and a healthy respect for the animal appear to have kept Mississippians away from fatal conflicts.
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Although formerly a rare sight in Missouri, we now have thousands of overwintering eagles in the state each year and more than 175 active nests each spring. Because bald eagles will also scavenge for food, they are being seen more frequently on Missouri's roadways, where road-killed animals provide an easy food source.
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American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are reptiles and may be found on all units of Red River National Wildlife where there is water. Alligators usually breed in May and June and their eggs hatch out 65 days later. ... Alligators hunt by ambush. They do not run down prey on land.
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There are roughly 100,000 alligators in South Carolina, according to SCDNR. The American alligator species is what scientists call “one of the first endangered species success stories.”
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American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) can be found throughout the coastal regions of the Southeast, with North Carolina being their northernmost known habitat. They thrive in NC swamps, rivers, canals, tidal basins, and even ponds and lakes along the coastline and eastern inland regions.
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Alligators released into the wild are not protected in Montana. The species is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the southeast U. S. because of the similarity of appearance to crocodiles.
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This is unusual but not unheard of in Minnesota. Two alligators were found near Brainerd just last summer. And there have been a handful of other gator sightings, including one in Anoka County in 2014. In each case, they were pets who were either released or got away.
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“Alligators are a native species to the Chattahoochee River drainage, especially this far south- there's a lot more toward Eufaula and Seminole but they do occasionally get up this far in the river chain.”
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Alligators are typically found south of the fall line (which roughly traverses the state from I-20 in Aiken to Kershaw County, then up U.S. Highway toward Cheraw in Chesterfield County). ... However, a small number of individual alligators can naturally show up in these areas.
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Yes, Alligators Live In This Idaho Hot Spring And It's Kind Of Terrifying. ... Unless you're visiting a zoo, alligators are one of the last things you expect to come across here in Idaho.
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Alligators will be on the prowl in some odd places. ... According to Ricky Flynt, Alligator Program coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, alligators are very visible right now, but they aren't very active, yet.
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There actually are simple... I lived in Miami for over 18 years and there are definitely alligators in the city. You'll find them by lakes and rivers. If you're closer to the ocean then you might even see a crocodile.
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The Arkansas Game and Fish says alligators do live in Arkansas bodies of water, but they only relocate animals that are a nuisance. "It's incredibly unlikely alligators are out here reproducing in Lake Hamilton to cause any kind of nuisance," said Randy Zellers of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ... "We have alligators in all 67 counties in Florida. So if you are recreating in a river or lake in Florida the possibility of an alligator being there is one."
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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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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.