Alligator Life Cycle
This alligator life cycle learning kit is four pages and can help reinforce a love of science and literacy as well as learning about living things in general.
Alligator life cycle. Life Cycle The American alligator reaches breeding age when it is about 10 years old. Coloring learning center science nature alligator elementary reading animal life cycle cut and paste. Lifespan of Alligators in the Wild Based on the ages of captive alligators scientists have estimated how long alligators can live in the wild.
When the baby alligator grows up it could live to be 50 to 80 years old. It drags larger prey underwater and drowns it. This is a short video that describes various stages in an alligator with illustrationsThis channel describes videos and content related to iOS and Android m.
Typically the average alligators lifespan is 50 years. Life cycle of an alligator color illustrated with reading text bw drawings to cut and paste in order color. The breeding season in April and May begins a life cycle that evolved from prehistoric times.
Juveniles which are on the menu for dozens of predators including birds raccoons bobcats and even other alligators usually. The mating and gestational period of alligators lasts around 6 months total with baby alligators typically being born in early fall. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service placed them on the endangered species list in 1967.
Then it crawls out and hunts for food. It does most of its hunting in the water. There are many that think 50 years is not the max for an alligator.
Female alligators are some of the most caring and protective species of their little ones. For two months every year alligators fight to see who gets to court the female or sow alligators. American alligators once faced extinction.