11-3/4" wide at the back x 

5-3/4" wide at the snout

Weights 13 pounds 8 ounces

$1600

G-Lot-88

Beautiful 24" long skull; no bullet holes

11-3/4" across the back

7" across snout

Weight: 14 pounds 11 ounces

#G-DEF-8-A  SKULL

RARE DEFORMED SKULL 

11-1/2" long x 5-1/2" across back, 4" across snout

$345

 

 

   

G-Lot-86

Measures 13-7/8" long x 6-1/2" wide across of skull x 3-3/4" wide across snout

NOTE:  There is an interesting deformity of a cluster of teeth in one tooth socket.  All original teeth.


Weights 1 pound 13 ounces

$185  SOLD

#G-LOT-87

Measures 24-3/8" long x 11-1/4" across x

11-1/4" across the back x

7-5/8" across snout

Height: 7-3/4"

Weight: 13 pounds 8 oz.

Teeth value alone: $1800

Excellent specimen, no bullet holes or bone damage

1.  When the mouth is closed, a croc's teeth STILL SHOW, and a gator's does not.

2.  Gators have BLUNT heads and horny backs; crocs have less bumpy skin and longer, narrower heads.

Other facts:

3.  Crocs are found in Africa, Asia, Australia & the Americas.  Gators are found only in China and the Americas

American Alligator heads

(Heat dried, coated in polyurethane, the cut end is painted black, unless otherwise specified; marbles replace eyes)

From a gator farm in Louisiana, these are AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (alligator mississipiensis).  They were endangered but have now achieved protected status.  As such, numerous regulations exist to safeguard this great animal and provide for its future survival.  Every farmed gator is assigned a unique number by the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to ensure that only legally harvested gators are used for the products that put them in such high demand worldwide.  This number is written in felt marker in the side of each gator's jaw.  The gators are raised for the hides.  By law, the whole animal must be recycled.  Soooo.....the guts go to the cat and dog food companies (animal byproducts!!),  the meat is eaten locally, and the feet, heads and teeth go into the tourist industry, as you see here.  Are you sure you really wanted to know?

Genus species: Crocodylus (crocodile) niloticus (belonging to the Nile River)

Average 16-20 feet long, 500 pounds, found; lifespan 45 years in the wild, 80 years in captivity.  70% of the adult diet is fish. Other prey items may include zebras, hippos, porcupines, pangolins, and migrating wildebeest.  

LOT N-9  Taxidermy head, marble eyes, coated in polyurethane, back of head painted black

LOT N-10

EXCEPTIONALLY large and well done, measures 10" long x 4-3/8" widest, solid black plastic back of head

$189  SOLD

     

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Reed,

I found your site while trying to research information on wild alligators and was very impressed with your experience.  While I was unable to find the answers I was looking for, I wondered if you might be able to help provide some information about an alligator skull I found recently (submerged in 2' of water) in SW Florida.  I did not want to damage the skull, so I've done nothing but bleach and clean it (and the teeth) and paint a protective coating of white glue and water on it.  Nature had already reduced the tissue down to the bone by the time I found it. 

Here are some pictures for you so you can see it's massive size.  Here are the measurements I took: 

27" from longest point to longest point when measured with the top and bottom jaw fitted together

15" from mid eye to mid nostril

13" across the widest part of the head

8" across the nose

3.5" canine with a 3" circumference

7.75" from tip to tip of the upper canines

this must have been some gigantic creature, and I would love to know as much as possible about it. 

Amanda

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Mr. Reed,

Thank you so much for getting back to me, and so quickly!  Wow!  I guess I was right...this was a monster. It's great to know more about him!  Actually, from what I now read on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Web Site, this may be one of the largest alligators ever found in Florida!   Here's a quote from their site:

SIZE

Female alligators rarely exceed 9 feet in length, but males can grow much larger. The Florida state record for length is a 14 foot 5/8 inch male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County. The Florida record for weight is a 1,043 pound (13 feet 10 1/2 inches long) male from Orange Lake in Alachua County.  FWC biologists have published an article on the maximum size of the alligator.

Roger (as we've named him) has become a part of our family and people are always impressed with him.  Now when people want to touch him to see if he's real (and they ALWAYS do!),

Thank you!

sent this photo of the gator head he bought from us, mounted on his BOAT!   A real "Lake Placid" moment!

(we advised him to make it removable, or keep it protected from the weather as often as possible).