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First alligator hunt proving to be a success
An alligator head that has been preserved by Carrie Anderson of Murfreesboro’s Anderson Farms. The head used to be attatched to a 10-foot Louisiana gator. Anderson explained that alligators have tongues and crocodiles do not. Both of the reptiles will latch on to their prey and take it for a “death-roll” under the water. The roof of an alligator’s mouth is shaped like a cave which enables it to hold onto what it has bitten. Anderson stated that the alligator will carry its food to the bottom of the pond and wait sometimes as long as a week as the food is digested inside of it’s mouth.
photos by Heather Grabin
Heather Grabin
Assistant Editor
The first weekend of the first legal alligator hunt in Arkansas has been completed. It will resume 30 minutes before sunset September 28 and last until 30 minutes before sunrise October 1.
Forty hunters out of 2,800 people who applied are participating in the hunt.
Each applicant had to have a valid resident big game license and attend three training workshops in August to be eligible for the hunt.
Read all about it in the Murfreesboro Diamond!
