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B10: It's GATOR time - 4th Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/7/2010
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3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

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Cache is not at the posted coordinates. You have to solve the puzzle to find the real ones. Don't forget to grab the clue for the final.

The alligator is notorious for its bone crushing bites. In addition, the alligator has been described as a "living fossil from the age of reptiles, having survived on earth for 200 million years."

An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds (360 kg) and 13 feet (4.0 m) long, but can grow to 14.5 feet (4.4 m) long and weigh 1,032 pounds (468 kg).

According to the Everglades National Park website, the largest alligator ever recorded in Florida was 17 feet 5 inches (5.31 m), although according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission web site the Florida state record for length is a 14 feet 5/8 inches (4.28 m) male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County.

The largest specimen ever recorded was found in Louisiana and measured 19 feet 2 inches (5.84 m). The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 7 feet (2.1 m) in length. Alligators have an average of 75 teeth.

The average lifespan for an alligator is 50 years. A specimen named Muja has resided in the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia since 1937, making it at least 71 years old. Another specimen, Cabulitis, in Riga Zoo, Latvia died in 2007 being more than 75 years old.

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