Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Alligator Rescue aka Everglades Holiday Park

If you ever watch Animal Planet, you've probably seen the advertisement for the show "Gator Boys" or maybe you've even watched the show. The people (Jimmy and Steve and a host of others) rescue nuisance gators and return them to the Everglades. Jimmy is a real person-we met him just before our second airboat ride. Our airboat captain was Rick Reda-he was a wonderful story teller and kept us captivated way beyond our allotted time of one hour. I like to think that the gators are out there trying to keep the python population in check.

The entrance to the Park.



The air boat.

This is the alligator with three legs-one was taken off by a speed boat. She consistently lays her eggs where the eggs will stay cool enough to hatch females-saving her kind one batch at a time.
 
 
The "face-off". Do this wrong and your face comes off,

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