JUPITER, FLORIDA — Police in Florida were called to remove a 750-pound alligator from Jupiter Commerce Park last week.<br /><br />A business owner near the park called on the authorities to get rid of the 12-foot long gator, The Associated Press reports.<br /><br />The gator was "carefully removed without harm," with the help of a trapper, according to a Facebook post by The Jupiter Police Department.<br /><br />The Sun Sentinel cites the trapper as saying to the authorities that the alligator was estimated to be around 100 years old. It was then relocated to a gator farm in South Florida, according to the Associated Press.<br /><br />The Florida police shared pictures of the gator on Facebook. Online commentators were quick to praise the police on taking swift action.<br /><br />Alligators are typically active when the weather is warm in South Florida, The Sun Sentinel reports.<br /><br />According to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, male American alligators are typically 11.2 feet in length while female alligators are typically 8.2 feet in size.<br /><br />According to the Institute, "exceptionally large" male alligators can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.<br /><br />These alligators usually live to be around 50 years of age.
