American Alligator Gallery
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With young and old alike, one of the most popular wildlife sightings everyone wants to see while visiting the swamps and preserves in south Florida is the American Alligator in its natural habitat.
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It is easy down here to find American Alligators in their one million+ acres of raw, natural habitat. They roam where they want to roam. They lay where they want to lay. Even if it is alongside the road.
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American Alligator snoozing alongside the road
(black at bottom of photo is my car window/door)
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I’ve enjoyed trying to capture them in a beautiful setting, reflections a bonus.
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I kept saying quietly, “Faster, egret, walk faster!” The alligator wasn’t fazed.
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While photographing this next alligator eyeing me…..
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It suddenly did a hard and fast submersion, instead of the usual slow sink.
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Fast submersion
(see the eye and teeth through the water splash and reflections?)
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After disappearing in the swamp, the alligator finally reappeared further away and in thick growth, with just its head up and peeking.
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Most of the photos above were cropped, some considerably. Please know I was not anywhere near any of these alligators.
Alligators are definitely fascinating. You’re looking back in time at a prehistoric creature.
Alligators are also very dangerous. They will take what they want. My next post will show a short series of an alligator taking a turtle. A warning will be posted, in case you’d prefer to not see, which I can respect.
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