Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1890 — Cannibalism Among Alligators. [ARTICLE]

Cannibalism Among Alligators.

‘ ‘Arkanaaw, ” the great alligator slayer of East Orange, TTla., recently killed one of the “varmints” that had three of its legs bitten oil, and a porman, and holes were found in him where he had paid the penalty of a pound of flesh simply because his opponent was the stronger. 4 4 Arkansaw” states that alligators feed upon each other to the extent that regulates the supply to the demand, and that if they were to cease from their cannibalistic habits they would soon abound in sufficient numbers to pile alligators four feet deep all over the St. John’s river country.