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Gator in Green

by Janson Jones

Category: FaunaAdded March 11, 200772 views

Reptiles

Keywords: American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Florida, reptile

American alligator.
Alligator mississippiensis.
May 12th, 2006.
Loop Road; Big Cypress NWR, Florida.
Nikon D70s.
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An American alligator slinks around in a deep-but-narrow canal running parallel to Loop Road in the Big Cypress National Wildlife Refuge. At this time, Big Cypress was most dry. As a result, an enormous number of alligators had packed together along this stretch of still-standing water. It was quite a remarkable sight, a few hundred gators withing a few miles of canal.

~ janson
Image Reference: American alligatorImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No