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Just when you thought there was nothing safer than playing a game of golf on a sunny day on Kiawah Island in South Carolina, you came across a giant alligator.<\/p>\n
In a new viral video, a massive alligator<\/a> on a golf course stops players dead in their tracks, as this reptile looks like a prehistoric dinosaur<\/a>; it’s so big!<\/p>\n Viewers may even believe dinosaurs still roam the Earth after checking out this video.<\/p>\n The alligator is just casually sauntering across the golf course, minding its own business, but it is quite a sight to see!<\/p>\n The theme from Jurassic Park playing in the video really adds to the drama.<\/p>\n Related: Sandhill Crane Confronted a Huge Alligator in Florida \u2014Then Did Something Unexpected<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Why Do Alligators Look Like Living Dinosaurs?<\/p>\n This alligator, with its remarkable size, really did look like a dinosaur, so we have to ask, are these reptiles descendants of dinosaurs?<\/p>\n The answer is complex, but the answer is also no.<\/p>\n Alligators, as well as crocodiles, share an ancestor with dinosaurs called the archosaur that lived about 250 million years ago<\/a>. However, then that lineage split into two, with one leading to dinosaurs and then their bird<\/a> descendants, and the other, crocadilians, leading to crocodiles and alligators as we know them today.<\/p>\n So though they didn’t technically evolve from dinosaurs, alligators do share some innate traits with them, which is why they sometimes resemble those prehistoric creatures.<\/p>\n After all, alligators have armored skin, powerful jaws, and muscular tails like dinosaurs.<\/p>\n They can also be quite sizeable. An American male alligator can grow to over 13 feet long<\/a> and weigh hundreds of pounds.<\/p>\n Alligators have also been around for at least 150 million years<\/a>! That’s pretty darn old!<\/p>\n Why Are Alligators Often Seen on Golf Courses?<\/p>\n As for why alligators are often spotted on golf courses<\/a>, it’s quite an oasis for them.<\/p>\n Many courses are built near wetlands where these gators often live, like ponds and lakes.<\/p>\n With golf courses providing food (such as fish, turtles, and birds<\/a>), water, and shade, why wouldn’t they hang out there?<\/p>\n And this alligator clearly didn’t mind running into a few golfers!<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade Pets<\/a> on Jun 28, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add Parade Pets as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parade Pets and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Just when you thought there was…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":900101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[56544,364524,358634,12800,49514,159,67,132,68,10881,837],"class_list":["post-900100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-alligators","tag-crocodiles-and-alligators","tag-giant-alligator","tag-golf-course","tag-kiawah-island","tag-science","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-viral-video","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116831709238402081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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