An estimated 1.3M alligators can be found in Florida. In April, mating season begins. Here are safety tips to know, plus top ...

Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent ... sheep or pigs – all of which live on land … Birds are also considered meat." Since alligators are considered seafood by the church ...

Adult alligators eat fish, snakes, turtles, small mammals and birds, while juvenile alligators primarily eat insects, amphibians, small fish and other invertebrates, the commission says.