In the USA, a woman got a huge alligator for a rug

A South Carolina woman shot a huge alligator to make a rug out of it. The New York Post (NYP) newspaper writes about this on November 15.

According to the newspaper, Brittany Livingston and her husband Matt could not get permission to shoot an alligator for five years, because in the US state of South Carolina, they issue only 1,400 licenses per year for hunting these animals.

After many hours of hunting the reptile in a swampy area, the couple still managed to catch an alligator weighing almost 250 kg.

The Livingstons told the publication that they plan to use the slaughtered animal as a sign of respect for nature.

"There's no way we would hunt for nothing. We respect wildlife and want to teach this to our children," said the head of the family.

The family plans to make an alligator rug and make sausages and other snacks from its meat.

Earlier, on November 14, in southern Brazil, paleontologists discovered a new species of an ancient predator that predated modern crocodiles. This is a species of Tainrakuasuchus bellator, an armored reptile about 2.4 m long and weighing about 60 kg. The main author of the work, Rodrigo Muller, explained that he was an active predator, but not the largest of his time, outwardly resembled a dinosaur, but the structure of the pelvis and joints of the hind limbs clearly indicates belonging to the group of pseudosuchians — the ancient ancestors of modern crocodiles.

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