Friday, June 19, 2009

St. Augustine Alligator Farm




If you read the Tricolored Heron post first I know you are wondering, "Where are the pictures of the alligators?" Well here they are and this is only a sample of the many alligators located here. In the top image the alligators know where the feeding stations are and will gather there to beg for food. Tourist, myself included, can get a handfull of pellets for a 25 cents and throw it to them. The smallest gator in this group was about 5 feet long. Below that is a juvenile gator with his mough open. It is hard to find an alligator with their mouth open, even when you throw them food because they do it so fast. This is a young gator waking up from a nap. The bottom image contains two "bull" gators discussing who is boss. The small waves around the larger gator is from his growl which sounds like a "hot rod" starting up. The smaller of the two alligators is about 12 feet. You would not want to come across either of these two alligators while walking through a swamp.


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