Massive 317kg alligator discovery proven real, following hoax claims.
Conservationists discovered the huge reptile stuck in an irrigation ditch this week near Lake Blackshear, Georgia, US,But despite the state’s Department of Natural Resources praising the nature conservation team people on social media couldn’t believe their eyes and thought it was just made up.Daniel Litz added: “Nice perspective photo making it look bigger.”The alligator was so big that people instantly assumed the picture was fake.
Once the rescuers had managed to get the alligator out of the ditch though they discovered it had been shot in the stomach and had to be put down. Despite the find Howze reassured people living near the lake that it was still safe and added he and his family intended to still swim there in the summer.
The largest ever alligator said to have been found in the US measured 19.2 feet long, which was discovered in Louisiana but this has not been collaborated, according to the Journal of Herpetology.
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