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bodypainter · 05-08-2009, 04:26 PM

So, I live in Florida which means I live with alligators. They're everywhere, including in the pair of ponds I walk past a couple times a day when I take walks on break at work. This set of pictures is some of the residents of those ponds.

Going backwards in time, we have this guy who is a very recent transplant to the smaller of the two ponds. He replaced the mother of the baby gators that will be seen later. Handsome devil, this one. Probably close to 6 feet long.

I can't decide if I like that picture (above) better or this one. Tell me what you think.

The gators that live around people get pretty nonchalant.

Momma gator.

She had a whole bunch of babies and for a couple years I saw them all over the place.

The were adorable.

One last picture of momma. I like this shot a lot.

These pictures pre-date my good camera, but here are the babies when we first spotted them. We counted 14 at once.

Apparently alligator babies grow slowly. I last saw one of them a couple months ago and it was maybe 30 inches long and still had the yellow stripes. They'll be approaching 3 years old soon.

I have no way of knowing, but in my imagination this is the baby daddy. He lived in the other pond, but has since been replaced by a pair of smaller alligators.

Parting shot.

fresnelly · 05-08-2009, 04:35 PM

Cool!

Fotzlid · 05-08-2009, 05:50 PM

I like #2 better.
My eye keeps getting drawn to the line of green above the gator in the first pic.

My favorites are the momma gator and the last picture.

Jetée · 05-08-2009, 06:58 PM

Very nice.

I used to live in a big neighborhood where right in the middle was an expansive park with a lake in the center of it all. I would go down there to feed the ducks, and every once in a while, I would catch a glimpse of a few small gators moseying around in them waters. It was cool and disheartening at the same time for an eight-year-old boy. Never saw their mama, though.

Thought not to waste this

05-08-2009, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	My Alligator Buddies So, I live in Florida which means I live with alligators. They're everywhere, including in the pair of ponds I walk past a couple times a day when I take walks on break at work. This set of pictures is some of the residents of those ponds. Going backwards in time, we have this guy who is a very recent transplant to the smaller of the two ponds. He replaced the mother of the baby gators that will be seen later. Handsome devil, this one. Probably close to 6 feet long. I can't decide if I like that picture (above) better or this one. Tell me what you think. The gators that live around people get pretty nonchalant. Momma gator. She had a whole bunch of babies and for a couple years I saw them all over the place. The were adorable. One last picture of momma. I like this shot a lot. These pictures pre-date my good camera, but here are the babies when we first spotted them. We counted 14 at once. Apparently alligator babies grow slowly. I last saw one of them a couple months ago and it was maybe 30 inches long and still had the yellow stripes. They'll be approaching 3 years old soon. I have no way of knowing, but in my imagination this is the baby daddy. He lived in the other pond, but has since been replaced by a pair of smaller alligators. Parting shot.

05-08-2009, 04:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	Cool! __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

05-08-2009, 06:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Very nice. I used to live in a big neighborhood where right in the middle was an expansive park with a lake in the center of it all. I would go down there to feed the ducks, and every once in a while, I would catch a glimpse of a few small gators moseying around in them waters. It was cool and disheartening at the same time for an eight-year-old boy. Never saw their mama, though. Thought not to waste this __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

05-08-2009, 05:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fotzlid Junkie Location: Greater Boston area	I like #2 better. My eye keeps getting drawn to the line of green above the gator in the first pic. My favorites are the momma gator and the last picture.