TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gator sightings are ramping up in the Tampa Bay area as mating season continues. On Tuesday morning, a ginormous alligator prompted a police response after a caller saw the massive reptile walking along a path that children typically use. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, the “absolute dinosaur” was marching […]
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Alligator Hisses as Florida Motorist Stops for Close-Up Video
A Florida resident recently captured video of a large alligator taking a stroll through a neighborhood in Hillsborough County – including audio of its warning hiss. This video was taken by Dustin Smith, who said he filmed it on April 30 in Riverview, Florida. “I see alligators in other local neighborhoods often in the summer, […]
Alligator joins Starbucks drive-thru line in Sarasota County
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — One bite-sized latte, please! One alligator desperately needed its morning coffee last Saturday, joining a drive-thru line at a North Port Starbucks. 4 baby alligators rescued after poachers allegedly snatched them from nest: FWC “Petition for Starbucks to create a Gatorccino to go with its one for pups,” a Facebook user […]
It Is Claimed that Black Babies Were Used as Alligator Bait in the American South. The Evidence Is Scant
A lurid tidbit of historical trivia making the social media rounds since the late 2000s supposedly reveals a shocking example of racist cruelty in the United States’ past, namely profit-seeking white hunters in the deep South of the 19th and early 20th centuries using black “slave babies” to lure alligators to their deaths: Alligator hunting […]
The Hilton Head area has had 7 alligator attacks in 6 years. Here are the details
While fatal alligator attacks are typically rare, there have been three fatalities within five years in Beaufort County. Meanwhile, other attacks have occurred that have resulted in serious injury. Although some of these attacks have seemingly happened as accidents, many have one thing in common — the victim was walking their dog near a lagoon. […]
Goofy alligator crawls into Florida road, snuggles responding police car, photo shows
Alligators pretty much do whatever they want in Florida, so finding one in rush hour traffic wasn’t too unusual — until it tried crawling under the responding police car for some shade. Orlando police posted a photo of the scene on Facebook, with the comment: “Only in Florida.” The initial 911 call came in at […]
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Alligator holds up traffic at busy Orlando intersection: ‘Only in Florida’
ORLANDO, Fla. – Just when you think Florida wildlife can’t surprise you anymore, an alligator decides to cozy up beneath a patrol car after crawling out onto a busy intersection. The Orlando Police Department shared the photo on social media with the caption, “Only in Florida” – and it’s hard to argue with that. It […]
All-white baby gator — ‘rarest alligator in the world’ — on display in Florida. See her
An all-white baby gator made history as “the rarest alligator in the world” when she squirmed out of her shell at a Florida wildlife park in 2023. Mystic is now on display with her brother for the first time in Orlando, Gatorland announced May 6. Mystic and her brother, Mayhem, have been moved into a […]