Do Alligators Ever Stop Growing?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Summer 2023 proved a record year for large alligators. On August 26, Mississippi announced the discovery of a massive male alligator weighing 802.5 pounds and measuring a whopping 14 feet three inches long. Then, news emerged of a second gator discovery in Central Florida in early September. This one came in at an enormous 920 pounds and a length of 13 feet 3¼ inches long.