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Mar. 2013-Gator Alley - Mighty Mike's Exhibit

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For a purportedly monster sized gator, it looks like kind of a small exhibit. Plus, where is the land area for him to haul out on?
 
For a purportedly monster sized gator, it looks like kind of a small exhibit. Plus, where is the land area for him to haul out on?

It's a perfect exhibit I think. It is 100 feet long and is about 70% water and 30% sand and along with a wooden dock.
 
How much further in the other direction (to the photo's right) does the exhibit go?
 
Aquatic exhibits like this are hard to gauge the size of. You can see the alligators head just to the right of the women carrying the raincoat's head and its tail looks to be directly below that. How long is Mighty Mike?
 
Aquatic exhibits like this are hard to gauge the size of. You can see the alligators head just to the right of the women carrying the raincoat's head and its tail looks to be directly below that. How long is Mighty Mike?

He is 14 feet. It's kind of weird being close up because you don't really know where he is exactly. From underwater he looks three feet away but from above water he looks about 10 feet from you.
 
Arizona Docent said:
For a purportedly monster sized gator, it looks like kind of a small exhibit. Plus, where is the land area for him to haul out on?
judging solely from the photos uploaded here, almost all their crocodilian exhibits are way too small.


Moebelle said:
It's a perfect exhibit I think. It is 100 feet long and is about 70% water and 30% sand and along with a wooden dock.
it is nothing of the sort: it is 45 feet long so is only barely three times the alligator's body length.
Newport Aquarium, Newport, KY
 
Judging from my photos, 45-50 was all I estimated. Hardly spacious for such a large animal.
 
How is it not spacious for an animal that doesn't need a large range of space? Plus, he is leaving this month. Sorry Chlidonias I am unable to see what you say. And if you've never been there, don't judge.
 

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