Authorities say they found the kidnapped female alligator at the Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo in Texas. The situation happened 20 years ago, when the animal was kidnapped when it was still inside the egg, that is, before it was even born.
The female alligator, also known as an alligator, is currently eight feet long and was apparently kidnapped by a volunteer working at the zoo at the time. According to reports, he put the reptile egg inside his pocket and fled the scene.
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Environmental agents rescued the animal earlier this month in a house located about 75 kilometers from the zoo where she was kidnapped before birth.
With the name of Tewa, the supposed owners of the alligator did not present any document to the environmental agents with permission to raise the alligator. And that's the only way it was possible to discover the reptile's abduction.
In this way, Tewa was captured by the agents and then taken back to the zoo where she was supposed to have been born.
In a video posted on social media, environmental agents are filmed with the female alligator. At the time, one of them stated that alligators are wild animals and should not be used as pets.
After being taken to the zoo, Tewa went through a period of adaptation, but today it already coexists well with other animals of its kind.
characteristics of alligators
Although they are similar to crocodiles, alligators have their own characteristics that differentiate them from these animals, such as the wider region of the snout.
Because they are reptiles, alligators have a dry skin full of scales, whose temperature varies according to the temperature of the environment. Their bite is considered strong, which contributes to them being predators of different species of animals. In addition, their jaws and jaws are also able to defend these animals from attacks.
With a life expectancy considered long, of approximately 50 years, alligators are nocturnal animals, although they remain in groups during the day to sunbathe.