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4-5 foot long visitor in the backyard today....

aphex

aphex

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Such a cute baby! I only had my cell phone on my at the time, so I apologize in advance for the poor pic 🙁

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What are we looking at?

I can somewhat make out the head and it looks like some sort of gator but the body is to odd shaped it looks like to be one.
 
Originally posted by: Newbian
What are we looking at?

I can somewhat make out the head and it looks like some sort of gator but the body is to odd shaped it looks like to be one.
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Its just an odd angle and a poor shot. Its about 10-15 feet away.
 
Originally posted by: gorcorps
Be a man next time and get closer so we can actually see it.
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They are beyond scared of people. The next step closer I took it was back in the water.
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: Newbian
What are we looking at?

I can somewhat make out the head and it looks like some sort of gator but the body is to odd shaped it looks like to be one.
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Its just an odd angle and a poor shot. Its about 10-15 feet away.
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looks like the body is behind a log?
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: gorcorps
Be a man next time and get closer so we can actually see it.
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They are beyond scared of people. The next step closer I took it was back in the water.
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I figured as much. I was just giving ya shit :evil:
 
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: Newbian
What are we looking at?

I can somewhat make out the head and it looks like some sort of gator but the body is to odd shaped it looks like to be one.
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Its just an odd angle and a poor shot. Its about 10-15 feet away.
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looks like the body is behind a log?
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Nope, thats all gator, its upper body is turned towards the water while the tail is pretty perpendicular to where I was standing.
 
Pretty cool, is 4-5 feet standard for a young alligator? Seems kind of big to me, but I don't really know anything about alligators.
 
That's pretty cool. I went to Disney World a few years ago, and was hoping to see a gator somewhere; No luck :^( I did see plenty of armadillos though, and that made up for it a little bit :^)
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Pretty cool, is 4-5 feet standard for a young alligator? Seems kind of big to me, but I don't really know anything about alligators.
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We usually don't see many under 3 feet as I suppose they stay close to the mom around that age, but 4-5 is usually a young one. The biggest ones we usually get right around our house are 7-8 feet, though i've seen a few that I would guess are quite a bit larger (though I didn't get close enough to check). I think the populated environment right around here keeps them a bit smaller as we keep building over their habitat (just speculation).

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

Looks like 13 feet is the average size for a full grown adult, but as I noted, I don't think they get that big right around here, or if they do, they are good at hiding.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
That's pretty cool. I went to Disney World a few years ago, and was hoping to see a gator somewhere; No luck :^( I did see plenty of armadillos though, and that made up for it a little bit :^)
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I've never seen any in the parks themselves, but I've seen quite a few at Disney's Coranado Springs resort when I was there visiting a friend.
 
I didn't expect to see any in the park, but I had some good drive time to and from(as a bus passenger). I bet the stormwater ponds, and cattail patches hadn't seen that much attention in awhile :^D
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Pretty cool, is 4-5 feet standard for a young alligator? Seems kind of big to me, but I don't really know anything about alligators.
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We usually don't see many under 3 feet as I suppose they stay close to the mom around that age, but 4-5 is usually a young one. The biggest ones we usually get right around our house are 7-8 feet, though i've seen a few that I would guess are quite a bit larger (though I didn't get close enough to check). I think the populated environment right around here keeps them a bit smaller as we keep building over their habitat (just speculation).

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

Looks like 13 feet is the average size for a full grown adult, but as I noted, I don't think they get that big right around here, or if they do, they are good at hiding.
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whereabout in FL or LA do you live?
 
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Pretty cool, is 4-5 feet standard for a young alligator? Seems kind of big to me, but I don't really know anything about alligators.
Click to expand...

We usually don't see many under 3 feet as I suppose they stay close to the mom around that age, but 4-5 is usually a young one. The biggest ones we usually get right around our house are 7-8 feet, though i've seen a few that I would guess are quite a bit larger (though I didn't get close enough to check). I think the populated environment right around here keeps them a bit smaller as we keep building over their habitat (just speculation).

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

Looks like 13 feet is the average size for a full grown adult, but as I noted, I don't think they get that big right around here, or if they do, they are good at hiding.
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whereabout in FL or LA do you live?
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Sarasota, FL
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Pretty cool, is 4-5 feet standard for a young alligator? Seems kind of big to me, but I don't really know anything about alligators.
Click to expand...

We usually don't see many under 3 feet as I suppose they stay close to the mom around that age, but 4-5 is usually a young one. The biggest ones we usually get right around our house are 7-8 feet, though i've seen a few that I would guess are quite a bit larger (though I didn't get close enough to check). I think the populated environment right around here keeps them a bit smaller as we keep building over their habitat (just speculation).

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

Looks like 13 feet is the average size for a full grown adult, but as I noted, I don't think they get that big right around here, or if they do, they are good at hiding.
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whereabout in FL or LA do you live?
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Sarasota, FL
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ah, you're down there.

My pops works for Guana River state park outside of Jax. He's been keeping track of a ~10 foot male for the last 3 years or so. It tends to be the birthing season when I visit, so I always see babies, tons of lady gators, and the big ass male hanging out when I'm down there.
He lives on a canal, too. plenty of gators hanging out in the area. Still hasn't lost his mini dachtsun (knock on wood...)
 
that's what you get for living on what should be swamp land. 😉

here, i get the random Text in my yard.

actually, more like deer, skunks, coyotes, turkeys, rabbits, and squirrels.
 
Here's about an 8 foot one I saw last time I went fishing. I've seen some that were 13+ feet before.

The crazy thing is that I've seen people kayaking there.
 
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