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Virtual Tour of Alligator Adventures
VIRTUAL
TOUR of
ALLIGATOR ADVENTURE
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
(Adjacent to Barefoot Landing)
APRIL 11, 2008
We were pleasantly surprised at the
number of alligator & crocodile species represented here, truly an
educational walk, self-guided. Also many other animals
including snakes, frogs, bears, birds, wild cats. Glenn's first
photo was of Heidi
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MUSEUM
A
small museum just inside the gate offered some fascinating specimens to
view - here is the cast of a huge PURUSSAURUS PRASILIENSIS, what may be
the largest crocodile that ever lived, 36-40 feet long or more, this skull
is a foot longer than the T-Rex
A gator skeleton
A huge boa constrictor or python snake skin
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UTAN
King of the Crocs
Born in 1964 near Bangkok, Thailand,
and brought to Alligator Adventure in 2002.
Utan is the LARGEST crocodile ever to
be exhibited in the United States. Twenty feet long, weighing more
than a ton.
He
is a hybrid of a Siamese and Salt-water crocodile.
Neither one of us expected to be able to sit SO
close to this prehistoric behemoth, as long as we wanted, and to feel so
privileged to see such a magnificent creature. It felt like we had
stepped back millions of years, to view this veritable dinosaur literally
a few inches away through the sturdy fence.
He moved little during our visit, but we were
told it was close to the time he goes back in the water for the
evening. There is a plexiglass viewing area to see him underwater as
well. The staff were unobtrusive but available for questions, the
perfect environment to learn and enjoy at our own pace.
Here is a link to more information about Utan:
http://www.alligatoradventure.com/crocs.html
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American
Alligators
The main area is all American alligators, as
far as the eye can see. There are numerous ponds to view, starting
with the young in their own area,
to the adults in bigger ponds
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GATOR
FEEDING TIME!
At various stations along the river, feeders
would drop chickens to the waiting mouths of the American
alligators. Fascinating to see these huge creatures launch
themselves so far in the air to get one
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Albino
Alligators
Amazing creatures. Read the
story of "Casper", Ghost of the
Swamp
Note the difference with no flash, and
flash. The texture of the skin in the first photo is awesome, but
the coloring & details are equally impressive in the 2nd photo with
the flash
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Chinese
Alligators
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Yacare
Caiman
South America
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Siamese
Crocodile
(crocodylus siamensis),
the rarest crocodile in the
wild
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False
Gharial
Southeast Asia
(Heidi's favorite)
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Dwarf
Crocodile
Western & Central Africa
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Nile
Crocodile
Africa,
grows to 20 feet
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American
Crocodile
(South Florida, Northern South
America), Glenn's favorite, though this croc was camera shy
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SMOOTHFRONT
CAIMAN
Amazon Basin
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MUGGER CROCODILE
(Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka)
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MORELET'S
CROCODILE
(Southern Mexico, Belize, Guatamala)
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A fun
bronze alligator with children riding it
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Serval,
an African wild cat, and a Caracal
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BIRDS
Kookaburra birds in their own cage, if you
laugh, they will start their hilarious laughing sound that makes you
laugh, that makes them laugh...you get the picture
Chestnut Mandibled Toucan from South America,
and
the Silvery Cheeked Hornbill from East Central
and South Africa
Double Wattled Cassowary (Northern Australia
& New Guinea)
Sarus Crane, Northern Australia. I could
not get a photo of the bird with its head up, only tucked into its wing
Macaw Parrot
A Golden Duck, I did not get the specific name. A beautiful duck,
nonetheless
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FROGS
Beautiful green & black frogs, I do not
know the species
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SPUR
THIGH TORTOISES
Note how the bottom shell extends so far under
their necks it is difficult for them to reach the fruit on the ground to
eat
One small tortoise was pushed on its back by
other turtles, an attendant turned it over soon
A
whimsical bronze of children and a huge tortoise within the park
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MATA
MATA TURTLE
(chelus fimbriatus) a strangely shaped turtle
that is a perfect camouflage for catching fish. The third photo is
its head
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