Don't eat between meals.. 1  Syda Productions/ShutterstockThat's one piece of advice diabetics might want to take with a grain of salt. If you go more than four or five hours between meals, a mid-afternoon snack might be just what the doctor ordered to help you keep your blood sugar steady.
How long an alligator lives can vary upon the species and usually their environment plays a factor in the alligatorâs age as well. Generally it is common for most alligators to live anywhere from 0-50 years. However, there have been alligators that have been recorded throughout history to live for much longer than that. One alligator was even recorded to reach the age of 103. Alligators that live in captivityâs ages may vary. An important aspect of caring for a reptiles such as an alligator is to give serious consideration as to how long you will have to be responsible for it.
Size. There are two different types of alligator, and they vary in size. The American alligator can grow up to 11.2 feet (3.4 meters) long and weight nearly half a ton (1,000 lbs. or 454 kilograms), according to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.Chinese alligators are smaller, growing to around 4.6 to 4.9 feet (1.4 to 1.5 m) long and usually weighing only around 50 lbs.(22.7 kg).lligators are large reptiles, members of the order Crocodylia. Alligators and crocodiles are, therefore, closely related, and people often confuse one with the other; however, these two reptiles are very different. An alligator is distinguished by its wide, rounded snout and black color.