Fig. 2.

Longitudinal growth traces of (A) mean body mass (g), (B) mean snout-to-vent length (SVL, cm) and (C) mean head length (HL, mm) for age-matched Sham (N=34; blue squares) and S-LAo alligators (N=24; red triangles). Day 0 is 25th March 2006 for body mass and snout-to-vent length, and 21st April 2006 for head length, and the final measure is day 558, 4th October 2007. The reduction in growth at day 377 resulted from injection of all animals with a dye to track bone growth. Measurements were made every 2 weeks, except for one missed measurement (between day 475 and 503). Error bars are s.d.