Alligator bellowing: What to know about the rumbling sounds
The bellowing sound is common this time of year in wetland areas home to gators like Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. It is part of the courtship behaviors for alligators weeks before they mate. Courtship, the time where alligators are finding a mate by bellowing, begins in April. Mating season begins in May and June, and nesting takes place in June and July.
Female alligators begin to bellow when they are calling for a mate. She is looking for a mate that is larger than herself to give her offspring their best chance at survival, experts said. The female determines the size of the male alligator based on how intense and deep the bellow is. During courtship, bellowing can go back and forth for several days until the right match is found.
"You can definitely hear it even if you can't see it — even as a visitor in all of the visitor areas," Griffin said."Once one starts , it will trigger all the other ones in the area. It's almost like advertising yourself, how big you are and where you are to try to attract a mate."
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