Alligator Courtship | Natural World: Florida - America's Animal Paradise | BBC Earth

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0:01Winter and early spring is Florida's dry

0:04season.

0:06With almost no rain and a baking sun,

0:10water levels here reach their lowest.

0:13And there's a strange sound in the air.

0:31Male alligators are bellowing.

0:36[music]

0:50to find each other in this vast expanse

0:53of water.

0:56They vibrate their larynx to let out

0:58deep growls.

1:06Low frequency sounds inaudible to human

1:09hearing make the water dance.

1:20It tells other alligators how big and

1:22strong they are

1:26and can be heard over a kilometer away.

1:34The sound wards off competitors

1:41and hopefully attracts a mate.

1:50Females can be quick to respond,

2:01but they're not always quick to pick a

2:03partner.

2:12They lead males on a merry dance

2:16before finally deciding he's the one.

2:25The wooing can last for days

2:30with couples mating multiple times.

2:37Before

2:44going their separate ways,

2:50the males might partner again,

2:56but females now turn their attention to

2:58building a nest.

3:03in just a month's time. It needs to be

3:06ready for their eggs.

3:11Alligators are so successful here.

3:14They've dominated this landscape for

3:16millennia.

3:18But now their freshwater habitat is

3:21under serious threat.

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