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THE ALLIGATOR'S LIFE HISTORY 



June 13, 1925 



Oct. 10, 1925 



4 ft. 2 in. 



4 ft. 11 in. 



4 ft. $y 2 in. 



3 ft. Wy 2 in. 



4 ft. S*/ 2 in. 



5 ft. 8 in. 



4 ft. iy 2 in. 



4 ft. V/ 2 in. 



4 ft. 3^ in. 



4 ft. 7^ in. 



4 ft. 7 in. 



5 ft. 2 in. 



5 ft. 6H n. 



5 ft. 1 in. 



5 ft. 9*/4 in. 



17 Ibs. 



21 Ibs. 

 16 Ibs. 

 11 Ibs. 



15 Ibs. 

 29 Ibs. 



16 Ibs. 

 16 Ibs. 



16 Ibs. 



17 Ibs. 

 19 Ibs. 



22 Ibs. 

 27 Ibs. 

 26 Ibs. 

 38 Ibs. 



4 ozs. 

 \Y 2 oz. 

 9 l / 2 ozs. 

 2y 2 ozs. 



8 ozs. 

 4 ozs. 

 2 ozs. 



9 ozs. 

 7 l / 2 ozs. 



I oz. 



8 ozs. 



II ozs. 

 6 ozs. 



9 ozs. 



10 ozs. 



DATE 

 Aug. 26, 



LENGTH 



WEIGHT 



SEX 



1927 



Aug. 29, 1927 



Aug. 20, 1930 



June 23, 



July 29, 



July 15, 

 i 



1931 



1931 



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1932 



8 ft. 10 in. 178 Ibs. Male 



9 ft. 2 in. 291^ Ibs. Male 

 9 ft. 5 in. 283 Ibs. Male 



7 ft. \y 2 in. 110 Ibs. Fern. 



8 ft. 8 in. 169 Ibs. 8 ozs. Male 

 10 ft. 1 in. 354 Ibs. Male 



CONTENTS OF STOMACH 



4 herons, 2 garfish. 



5 herons, 1 garfish, 1 turtle. 

 4 herons, 1 turtle. 



7 herons, 2 turtles. 



8 herons, 1 turtle, 1 garfish. 



7 herons, 1 snake, 1 garfish. 



4 herons, 2 garfish. 



5 herons, 3 garfish. 



9 herons, 1 turtle, 2 garfish. 



3 herons, 1 rabbit, 1 garfish. 

 5 herons, 1 snake. 



2 herons, 1 muskrat, 1 snake. 



5 herons, 1 turtle, 1 snake. 



8 herons, 2 small turtles. 



10 herons, 1 turtle, 1 snake. 



4 herons, 3 turtles, 1 garfish. 



3 herons, 1 garfish, 1 snake. 



6 herons, 1 turtle. 



*Has nest near wall. This 

 the first nest built by the al 

 gators hatched in 1921. 



4 herons, 1 snake, 1 garfii 

 2 turtles. 



7 herons, 2 garfish, 2 turtles. 



5 herons, 4 turtles, 1 snake. 

 1 heron, 1 turtle, 1 garfish. 



9 herons. 



11 herons, 4 garfish, 4 turtle: 



This data is interesting from several angles. First, it 

 gives an accurate picture of the normal rate of growth of 

 alligators in the wild state whose ages were definitely known 

 by their having been marked on the day they hatched, and 



