Historically, gar have been targeted by culling efforts by various state and federal agencies to make more room for game fish.
However, like other gar, their eggs are toxic to people and should not be eaten.
While a fully-grown alligator gar may look intimidating, they pose no threat to humans. They live exclusively in the lower Mississippi River Valley, where they chow down on smaller fish, blue crabs, waterfowl and the occasional turtle. Only seven species are still around today.Īlligator gar, the largest of the extant gar species, are among the biggest freshwater fish in North America, according to National Geographic. Fossil remains of extinct gar dating back to the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago) have been unearthed in Europe, Africa and south Asia, according to the Florida Museum. Gars belong to an ancient lineage of fish that were once widespread across the globe.
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