Speaking of Reptiles

[Brutal_Dreamer]

OMG that guy is huge and scary. You folks in Florida can keep those critters. LOL. I would not want one of those around here. It would eat my dogs!

Great photograph. It really looks hungry with its mouth open like that!

Cheers,
BD

[eaglssong]

What's funny is my late Mom asked me if it was a statue. LOL Not hardly!!! I told her that we were in the Everglades. They don't need statues of gators there.

[pavel]

That looks like an American Crocodile rather than an Alligator. Brilliant photo Anne.

I'd have to agree with Steve -- looks like a croc not a gator.

Great pic, Anne!

[eaglssong]

Thanks. I think it only looks like a croc because of the angle, which is making the snout look narrower than it was. This was definitely a gator.

[Styx]

eaglssong, NOTHING! D:! I need to get to work on that moat. Send me the gator when it's done? lol

[JoeW]

Laurent, I wasn't right on top of it, but close enough that in a sprint, I probably would have lost....

The trick is to zig-zag. They are deadly at the sprint, but they can't do quick turns. (I lived in Kendall Lakes for 11 years and did a lot of golfing. We also fished a lot in the ponds in the Everglades.)

[eaglssong]

And then, there are these beasties. This one was in the tree outside my neighbor's window (2nd floor). They are taking over South Florida. Looks quite different from the Iguanas I saw in Costa Rica though.

This one was about six feet, from his nose, to the tip of his tail.

[playtime8978]

Great photos Anne! my friend had a iguana as a pet and I woke up one morning staying with her to find Iggy staring me in the face I freaked my friend came running in thinking something awful had happened and there was me face to face with her pet LOL