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.
It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae; it is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator. Adult male American alligators measure up to 3.4 to 4.6 m (11 to 15 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 453 kg (999 lb).hey are preyed on by large fish, birds, raccoons, and adult alligators. Mother alligators eventually become more aggressive towards their young, which encourages them to disperse. Young alligators grow 3â8 in (7.6â20.3 cm) a year and reach adulthood at 6 ft (1.8 m). An alligator can live up to 50 years.