They live up to 35 to 50 years and their home is in marshes, lakes, swamps, rivers, and streams. April is mating season.
Alligators mature at the age of ten to twelve and are six feet long.
It bellows to find a mate. The female does the courting. A pregnant female alligator finds a quiet spot close to cypress trees and to fresh blackish water. In the saw grass she builds couple false nest to fool egg predators. She breaks plants, twigs, logs, grass to build her final nest which measures 4 to 7 feet in diameter and 1 to 2 feet high.