alligator

Somehow, these reptiles manage to look both menacing and happy at the same time...this one looked pretty happy at having scored a recent meal, based on some residue still in the teeth!

Sitting up on the bank on a cooler day, getting some sun and opening the mouth to regulate the heat. This was my first photograph of 2021!

May be someone can tell us.

Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula: Lepisosteidae) This gar species is the largest member of its family. The largest individual on record measured 2.572 m (8.84 ft) weighing 148 Kg (326.3 lbs). This and many others that were present appeared to be ca. 1 m (3.3 ft) long.

Anahuac National Wildlife Refiuge, the home of the world champion Gators in water ftbol. They lay in anticipation to welcome their next challenger. Who will it be? YOU? In all fairness, they put out a statement that they wont even use their feet, just their head and tail.

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis: Alligatoridae). A young alligator blending in with the floating vegetation.

A 3 or 4 footer.

Alligator. Taken a few years ago. As I recall, he was along the edge of a pond and was opening and closing his jaws to take in and force water out of his mouth. Trying to find and strain some food, I suppose.

Four foot long alligator swimming through duckweed.

Gator catching some Sun in the swamp.

American Alligator; converted to B&W to emphasize skin texture and play of light on water

This is the same Alligator that is in the photo with the Snowy Egret. If you look close, you can see a fish trying to get out of the way. The Egret was catching the fish as they tried to get out of the Gators way.

Alligators are opportunistic feeders. Their diets include prey species that are abundant and easily accessible. Juvenile alligators eat primarily insects, amphibians, small fish, and other invertebrates. Adult alligators eat rough fish, snakes, turtles, small mammals, and birds.

This photo was taken at Lake Lotus Stae Park in Orlando, FL USA

This Gator put on one of the most awesome shows I have ever seen in nature. He was eating crabs and fish.

A 4 1/2 foot alligator! It must have walked the half mile from the nearest pond to his house. A state of Florida trapper came and removed it. The gator was small but extremely fast!

Alligators feed on turtles but these don't seem afraid.

Got a little to close to this one. He was not happy.

Mother and babies at edge of marsh.

I had lived here for nearly 18 months before I saw my first gator. This one was at a park (Saddle Creek) located about 7 miles from my house. The closer it got, the more I backed up!

This photo was taken on a trip to the Magnolia Plantation in S.C. on !2-12-08.

This is the same gator from the GBH picture, now drifting to the opposite bank. My lens wouldnt capture it so far off I knew, but the water reflections were really cool. So I took the picture nevertheless and as you can see, I have cropped it. The resolution is pretty bad, but here are the...

I debated about posting this picture, a little to graphic, specially on a community that love birds. The reality is the alligator is a very important part of the Everglades ecosystem. One of the gator roles is protecting birds chicks from predators. Birds choose to nest on alligator holes, the...

Alligator at Mosquito Lagoon

baby alligator here in a local park