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How often do gators eat? Not anywhere near as much as people would think! A large alligator can eat less in a year than a small dog, because they don’t produce their own body heat and they do not have nearly the same metabolic with requirements as a mammal does! That being said, if I offered food, they will eat every single day and become obese, they are always hungry! So no, we don’t feed them before working with them because it doesn’t matter, as I’ve said many times, I have watched alligator

Gators eat fruit? Yes they do actually! They do like to occasionally eat fruit like in this case, Casper is eating some small fig fruit. Fruit does not constitute a large part of their diet and 99% of their diet is meat and they are predators, but they will occasionally eat fruit! ~~~You can come swim with me and Casper! If you want to come join you can book online now, go to www.crocodilechris.com Let me know if you want to go! Observation and photos only at @evergladesoutpost and tour particip