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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:39 PM Mar 2015

Alligator Mating Season Is A Noisy Time In Florida

Alligator Mating Season Is A Noisy Time In Florida

At a time when beaches and theme parks draw boisterous crowds, Florida’s alligators simply want a little peace and quiet—a comfortable log or a sunlit bank on which to bask uninterrupted. They’re resting in preparation for the spring, getting ready to begin an active, noisy mating period that begins about now and during which members of both sexes bellow from the swamps and defend their territories.

Learn more about this creature, whose population has made a spectacular recovery from man’s past predations, by clicking here.
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3 species of crocodilians exist in Florida. The American alligator (above) which occurs in freshwater habitats, is the only one found throughout the state. Ever hear an alligator bellow? It's not a sound you'll soon forget. Click to hear one-- and you can even download the sound as a cellphone ringtone. http://enature.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=19c6e3405dc59584446e1a4d8&id=cf10401eb6&e=028ee0accc

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Alligator Mating Season Is A Noisy Time In Florida (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

I guess these critters are important for our ecosystem, but I prefer them as handbags. nt valerief Mar 2015 #1

Here is what I am used to hearing - not so much a bellow as a rumble csziggy Mar 2015 #2

It's not just the alligators, it's the tubas ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #3

Grrr. Couldn't get vid to play from huffpo & couldn't find it on youtube Panich52 Mar 2015 #4

I normally avoid HuffPo (like pouring molasses in my browser) but couldn't find ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #5

valerief

(53,235 posts)

1. I guess these critters are important for our ecosystem, but I prefer them as handbags. nt

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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:50 PM

Mar 2015

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

2. Here is what I am used to hearing - not so much a bellow as a rumble

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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:50 PM

Mar 2015

It's cool how the water vibrates above their body!

Well, when we first bought this farm, we'd hear them down in the swamp. That sound carries - the swamp is at the back of our 60 acres, about a quarter of a mile from the house. After a couple of bad droughts, we stopped hearing them - I know we had some smaller gators travel across our ridge to the next watershed but the big guys may have traveled south down the watershed that ends up in the St. Marks River system.