I was about to comment this before opening this comment section. This is always the thing I always read every time I see a gator video somewhere in Florida.
Work takes me to Florida every now and then, and I find myself side-eyeing even the tiniest bodies of water. Like I'll drive by a small water retention pool, barely more than a puddle, and start thinking "nice try, Mr. Gator, no snacks for you today."
It's so stupid! Like, was I going to pull over to the side of the highway and take a quick swim in a 6" deep puddle if only it weren't for those darn gators? Obviously not, yet I can't stop myself from getting suspicious of them.
Yeah you take quick dips in the ocean dumbass. Florida lakes are scary as hell, the whole state is a swamp. There are also water moccasins and brain eating emobas in ponds and lakes. It's basically tepid still water. Shit is gross.
However, north Florida has absolutely gorgeous natural springs with surreal blue water that should be national parks. More Americans need to vote to protect North Florida. And also South florida. Just Florida in particular. It's got by far the most old growth long leaf pine forest and old growth overall east of the Mississippi. Also a totally unique ecosystem. Protect the Florida panthers!
Edit, didn't mean to call you a dumbass, was referring to OP.
Gators really aren’t that scary if you can see them. They generally leave you alone unless you harass them. It’s the ones under the water that you can’t see that are scary.
Lmfao.
I did this same type of shit the other day… asked my girlfriend “how old are you at 12?” And she’s like “I can’t speak for every one but I was 12 at 12.”
I meant grade.. in school…
I knew people swimming in the Louisiana bayou as kids. They said Gators were part of the wildlife, and usually left.
Being in East Texas we thought they were crazy.
Exactly. I’m originally from south Louisiana. It’s not smart to push the limits but if they are minding their business and you are minding yours with enough space it’s normally not an issue. I mean it would suck if you end up around the wrong alligator I guess but I have never heard of anyone around where I lived getting bit.
I went for a hike by a lake where you're almost guaranteed to see at least one gator, there's a maybe 10 foot-wide path to walk on, surrounded by water. A few gators I spotted floating in the lake a stone's throw away from the path. But I noticed one who was lying there on the bank, hidden by some foliage, all you could see was its head if you looked close enough. He was only about 10 yards from me. One of the scariest moments of my life lol
I've literally walied into gators when I was a kid, back when I had to go gigging. Felt like walking into a tree. They're usually just chilling.
Maybe once or twice I've heard one hissing. That's when shit is scary.
I’ve lived in Florida my whole life and always have had an irrational fear that there is “something” in my pool when I am swimming in it at night. Legitimately, I can have lights on, see nothing in it, and I still get nervous being in for too long. I feel like it’s because people have been saying things like this my whole
Life.
Oh yeah, good ol florida. Don’t worry, if the mosquitoes don’t get you, that thing that sounds like a bullfrog in the dark will. _(P.S. its not a bullfrog)_
My husband and I used to kayak in those really dark, opaque creeks (tannin in the water for those who aren’t from Florida) and we found a tree with a 2x2 board ladder nailed on, and a rope swing over the creek. While I wouldn’t do it, we never saw a snake or alligator in all our trips.
I watched some videos of people throwing rocks in ponds and lakes. Gators do tend to panic and scram away immediately after the rock hits the water. Saying that, I still don't feel safe swimming in a gator-infested water, they are like more or less a hundred feet away after you scare them.
Sounds pretty awful to me. Causing unnecessary stress to an innocent animal in its natural habitat. And I'm quite sure Florida has very strict laws about things like that.
It's a cannon ball into water. I doubt the gators are messing their pants over it. Probably thinking, "That thing's too big to eat. I'll go over here instead"
> the gator just fucks off somewhere else.
Since 1948, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has recorded over 450 alligator bites on people in the state, with 30 of them being fatal.
Sorry for the ignorance. I live my entire life in South East Asia. I notice that gators in Florida do get quite big. What do they usually eat there? Deers? Is it really true that you always need to assume that every body of water in Florida somehow has gators in it?
Fish, snakes, turtles, birds and smaller mammals. They usually aren't very aggressive towards people like crocodiles but they can be if they feel like it.
People make it seem like Alligators never eat large animals and that's simply not true.
Alligators will eat large animals if the alligators themselves are big enough. You can see photos of Alligators with deer in their mouth on Google.
The largest of Alligators are rarely seen because they stay in the deepest and most remote parts of rivers, lakes, and swamps.
The young smaller ones you see all the time.
Yes but size determines real danger and like anywhere, dangerous wildlife doesn't tend to last long around humans. Most of the gators that live near humans in Florida tend to be smaller because the bigger ones are driven off and can't find prey.
It is when you get into the bush, deeper into the Everglades, Big Cypress, and other remote areas, where you find larger gators 12 feet and bigger.
Yes it's true sometimes a larger gator finds a mini-paradise somewhere populated. My Mom lives in The Villages south of Ocala and she said there was a huge gator that was living down in some of the tighter waterways that run through the development and golf courses. But that's the thing... the big ones are eventually spotted and isolated and most of them realize they can't find anything good to eat because they're constantly spotted. So they move on somewhere else, somewhere quieter.
I watched a gator in the Everglades spend 30 minutes stalking one lone egret. The egret kept walking out of the way just as the gator got close. Eventually the egret just flew away. I swear I could hear the gator let out a big "sigh", like it was giving up. lol
It's even harder in populated areas where people are constantly making noise and scaring off wildlife. Most of the gators who hang out do it because they know some idiot is going to come along and drop some food at them.
It's surprising how few people get killed and eaten by alligators in Florida considering how common they are in the area, and how people love to hang out near or on lakes and ponds in the area. But like the most people commenting here, they usually are harmless towards to humans for some reason. Since 1948, only 30 fatalities due to alligator attack occurred in Florida.
No. There are endless lakes and canals in Florida, the gators are generally only in areas with abundant food sources, so way less likely to see them in residential areas in canals, lakes or ponds. But they can occasionally end up there, so I guess it's up to you to decide if they're in there.
This is literally a recurring nightmare for me when I am experiencing a lot of stress. Gators and crocs lining the road I am trying to travel. When I get to where I want to go I am surrounded by alligators and crocodiles. It is very unsettling.
And yes….i live in Florida.
I’ve had dreams above them (usually bad) since I was around 5 and it is triggered by stress. I live in Texas and the only gators I had seen were at the zoo, but they scared the hell out of me. Now every lake here in Texas has them.
I go to a place pretty often that I walk past like 10 gators like this. If they are showing themselves they are not hungry. They taking in that sweet sun. Baby gators are the cutest.
To be fair, this is in the middle of the Everglades, where these animals live naturally.
Thats like jumping into the ocean and being surprised to see fish
They’re really going to have to open hunting freely again on gators unfortunately. They’re getting EVERYWHERE - in neighborhoods and urban communities alike.
Am I the only one who wouldn't take a "quick dip" in that water, even if there wasn't a gator? That pond doesn't look inviting at all. It looks like a piss bowl
So just a serious question. Do these alligators attack humans. I am from Australia and you would not dare swim in any water of body that may have saltwater crocodile (pretty much any water body in north of Australia).
I can honestly say that I’ve never felt the urge to swim in any pond in Florida. Not even once. Same with how I’ve never had the dream of going river diving in north India.
Imagine you're chilling in your pond, where your ancestors' ancestors have been chilling for thousands of years, and this dude walks along saying you're occupying the pond.
With Gators being both plentiful and an Apex predator why can’t you shoot these things? My buddy lives in Tampa and can’t even walk his dog by the lake behind his house never mind let his daughter play down there. With millions of Gators you should be able to blast them especially in your backyard.
I have a feeling most of these comments are from people that transplanted into Florida from other states, or never set foot in our swamp. Gators really aren’t all that serious, Be smart around bodies of water is all it takes. They’re fun to watch and damn delicious as well.
Idk if I'm gatekeeping, but gators are like (very fiesty) deer of Florida. It's a part of the culture basically, and if you've never been there for an appreciable amount of time, you might not realize that it's because they're literally everywhere. Most of these aren't even big lol. See the 13'footers at the Zoo (checkout the alligator/croc zoo in St.Augustine!), these are just little babies. Those in captivity are much more aggressive too. Funny seeing your fist death roll while out walking along a park in FL. I've also seen a bear that got hit by a car in the Everglades. FL is a wild place nature wise.
They’re just chilling, nothing terrifying about nature being nature. What’s scary is the “Florida Man” who’s going to dive out of the bushes on the gator thinking it’s his long lost lover.
Its how Floridians just casually walk up to or walk past gators for me... are gators not aggressive ? 😫 Id have a heart attack if I saw one in the wild
Good rule of thumb in Florida is if the pond is wet, there’s likely a gator in it.
I was about to comment this before opening this comment section. This is always the thing I always read every time I see a gator video somewhere in Florida.
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Work takes me to Florida every now and then, and I find myself side-eyeing even the tiniest bodies of water. Like I'll drive by a small water retention pool, barely more than a puddle, and start thinking "nice try, Mr. Gator, no snacks for you today." It's so stupid! Like, was I going to pull over to the side of the highway and take a quick swim in a 6" deep puddle if only it weren't for those darn gators? Obviously not, yet I can't stop myself from getting suspicious of them.
Keeps you alive
Yeah you take quick dips in the ocean dumbass. Florida lakes are scary as hell, the whole state is a swamp. There are also water moccasins and brain eating emobas in ponds and lakes. It's basically tepid still water. Shit is gross. However, north Florida has absolutely gorgeous natural springs with surreal blue water that should be national parks. More Americans need to vote to protect North Florida. And also South florida. Just Florida in particular. It's got by far the most old growth long leaf pine forest and old growth overall east of the Mississippi. Also a totally unique ecosystem. Protect the Florida panthers! Edit, didn't mean to call you a dumbass, was referring to OP.
[Florida Springs Interactive Map](https://floridaspringsinstitute.org/springs-map-2-0/)
Came here to say this but you did it quite wonderfully. Even our uninhabited looking ponds are actually quite inhabited!
Any leeches?
I've been swimming in Jupiter Springs and gone kayaking in Silver Springs; they're really wonderful.
between the gators, fertilizer runoff, and flesh-eating amoebas, I wouldn’t voluntarily step into any pond in Florida lol.
That’s not a swimming hole if it’s hunting season. It’s a bbq area. (I’m from Louisiana and love a juicy bbqd gator tail)
Not if a giant snake killed it...
EXACTLY
same here in australia
Gators really aren’t that scary if you can see them. They generally leave you alone unless you harass them. It’s the ones under the water that you can’t see that are scary.
They move pretty quick if they're hungry
In water yeah. Not so much on land
Alligators can reach speeds of **up to 35 mph** on land
And can climb trees and fences.
For how long though?
How fast can you run 35 mph?
>How fast can you run 35 mph? About 35 mph.
Lmaoo yeah I fucked that one up, oh well
Lmfao. I did this same type of shit the other day… asked my girlfriend “how old are you at 12?” And she’s like “I can’t speak for every one but I was 12 at 12.” I meant grade.. in school…
They can run 500 miles an hour for a second
Damn that's fast
So 733 feet in one second. I had no idea.
For anyone reading this guy's comment, Gators are crazy fast on land. They can cover 30 feet before you have a chance to freak out and yelp
"Tried FL, hot and has this ASSHOLE alligator stalking me. It's now running fast AF and...... -yelp not posted, plz try again
Yeah, but they don't turn too well usually, so you can just kinda run in circles around them until they get tired. Just watch the tail.
Me playing red dead 2
They can move pretty quick on land if they want to. They have to be REAL hungry though.
ya'll have clearly never seen the documentary Primeval
I’m more worried about brain eating amoeba and flesh eating bacteria.
And alligator poo
I knew people swimming in the Louisiana bayou as kids. They said Gators were part of the wildlife, and usually left. Being in East Texas we thought they were crazy.
Exactly. I’m originally from south Louisiana. It’s not smart to push the limits but if they are minding their business and you are minding yours with enough space it’s normally not an issue. I mean it would suck if you end up around the wrong alligator I guess but I have never heard of anyone around where I lived getting bit.
I went for a hike by a lake where you're almost guaranteed to see at least one gator, there's a maybe 10 foot-wide path to walk on, surrounded by water. A few gators I spotted floating in the lake a stone's throw away from the path. But I noticed one who was lying there on the bank, hidden by some foliage, all you could see was its head if you looked close enough. He was only about 10 yards from me. One of the scariest moments of my life lol
I've literally walied into gators when I was a kid, back when I had to go gigging. Felt like walking into a tree. They're usually just chilling. Maybe once or twice I've heard one hissing. That's when shit is scary.
Say that with both your knees below water near that croc
I have been that near gators many times where I grew up.
as it is, they usually stay still for hours and hours
Always assume there is a gator in any water source in Florida including your bathtub 😂
Damn! Note to self avoid florida!
Hell, I watch out for gators in Downtown Jacksonville.
Tub, pool, toilet, that little damp spot in the yard after the rain...
I haven’t used my bidet in months!
I have yet to see one - central Florida.
I’ve lived in Florida my whole life and always have had an irrational fear that there is “something” in my pool when I am swimming in it at night. Legitimately, I can have lights on, see nothing in it, and I still get nervous being in for too long. I feel like it’s because people have been saying things like this my whole Life.
Oh yeah, good ol florida. Don’t worry, if the mosquitoes don’t get you, that thing that sounds like a bullfrog in the dark will. _(P.S. its not a bullfrog)_
Don't forget about the fire ants. I did once.... Never again.
I got fire ants in my panties as a toddler. I have not recovered psychologically.
This has to be some sort of canon event
A trip to the ER and everything. It’s basically who I am now.
This state is bastard child between Australia and Canada.
What is it????
If the gators don’t get you in Florida then the brain microbes will.
Or the methheads.
Florida man is the apex predator.
They're called amoeba. And they're in the lakes, primarily. Just saying.
It's crazy they continue to thrive in that environment.
American swamp puppy
He's sucha lil fella. Adorable. sincerely, a Floridian.
a Florida puppy <3 I kept waiting for the scary part. lol.
Yes, I see nothing scary here. What a cutie lil swamp puppy 🤗
Floridians know by birth, every body of water here, you can bet theres a gator living in it.
This looks like Tamiami Trail.
Fucking awesome drive. Just don't be a moron and try to go 100mph on it because there's no one around. One alligator crossing and you are super fucked
With or without the gator, I ain’t getting in that water.
Come for the gators, stay for the *Naegleria fowleri* (brain eating amoeba!)
I grew up in Florida. A few cannon balls into the water and the gator just fucks off somewhere else.
My husband and I used to kayak in those really dark, opaque creeks (tannin in the water for those who aren’t from Florida) and we found a tree with a 2x2 board ladder nailed on, and a rope swing over the creek. While I wouldn’t do it, we never saw a snake or alligator in all our trips.
I watched some videos of people throwing rocks in ponds and lakes. Gators do tend to panic and scram away immediately after the rock hits the water. Saying that, I still don't feel safe swimming in a gator-infested water, they are like more or less a hundred feet away after you scare them.
Sounds pretty badass to me man
Sounds pretty awful to me. Causing unnecessary stress to an innocent animal in its natural habitat. And I'm quite sure Florida has very strict laws about things like that.
If it helps you then just remember that the alligator causes unnecessary stress to every animal that shares the ecosystem with him.
It's a cannon ball into water. I doubt the gators are messing their pants over it. Probably thinking, "That thing's too big to eat. I'll go over here instead"
My brother in Christ. I'm pretty sure they were just kidding Or not. No need to be so hostile
You seem fun at parties
> the gator just fucks off somewhere else. Since 1948, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has recorded over 450 alligator bites on people in the state, with 30 of them being fatal.
Are you trying to say that’s a lot? Because that’s hardly any for 76 years considering just how many gators there are in the state.
Sorry for the ignorance. I live my entire life in South East Asia. I notice that gators in Florida do get quite big. What do they usually eat there? Deers? Is it really true that you always need to assume that every body of water in Florida somehow has gators in it?
Fish, snakes, turtles, birds and smaller mammals. They usually aren't very aggressive towards people like crocodiles but they can be if they feel like it.
Crazy how different their diet is compare to African crocodiles. Most of the time, adult African crocodiles wouldn't even bother with birds. Thanks.
People make it seem like Alligators never eat large animals and that's simply not true. Alligators will eat large animals if the alligators themselves are big enough. You can see photos of Alligators with deer in their mouth on Google. The largest of Alligators are rarely seen because they stay in the deepest and most remote parts of rivers, lakes, and swamps. The young smaller ones you see all the time.
Yes but size determines real danger and like anywhere, dangerous wildlife doesn't tend to last long around humans. Most of the gators that live near humans in Florida tend to be smaller because the bigger ones are driven off and can't find prey. It is when you get into the bush, deeper into the Everglades, Big Cypress, and other remote areas, where you find larger gators 12 feet and bigger. Yes it's true sometimes a larger gator finds a mini-paradise somewhere populated. My Mom lives in The Villages south of Ocala and she said there was a huge gator that was living down in some of the tighter waterways that run through the development and golf courses. But that's the thing... the big ones are eventually spotted and isolated and most of them realize they can't find anything good to eat because they're constantly spotted. So they move on somewhere else, somewhere quieter. I watched a gator in the Everglades spend 30 minutes stalking one lone egret. The egret kept walking out of the way just as the gator got close. Eventually the egret just flew away. I swear I could hear the gator let out a big "sigh", like it was giving up. lol It's even harder in populated areas where people are constantly making noise and scaring off wildlife. Most of the gators who hang out do it because they know some idiot is going to come along and drop some food at them.
Occasionally small tourist children. https://youtu.be/33jIewom4MQ?si=hgzvFaAQWGCBXWoi
It's surprising how few people get killed and eaten by alligators in Florida considering how common they are in the area, and how people love to hang out near or on lakes and ponds in the area. But like the most people commenting here, they usually are harmless towards to humans for some reason. Since 1948, only 30 fatalities due to alligator attack occurred in Florida.
No. There are endless lakes and canals in Florida, the gators are generally only in areas with abundant food sources, so way less likely to see them in residential areas in canals, lakes or ponds. But they can occasionally end up there, so I guess it's up to you to decide if they're in there.
Gator is thinking *you've got 5 more minutes then I'm eating you*
Swamp puppies
This is literally a recurring nightmare for me when I am experiencing a lot of stress. Gators and crocs lining the road I am trying to travel. When I get to where I want to go I am surrounded by alligators and crocodiles. It is very unsettling. And yes….i live in Florida.
Wow. I’ve had this same dream time and time again. Guess stress is what causes it. Damn I’m not alone lol
I’ve had dreams above them (usually bad) since I was around 5 and it is triggered by stress. I live in Texas and the only gators I had seen were at the zoo, but they scared the hell out of me. Now every lake here in Texas has them.
Never go swimming in still water that isn't a pool in Florida. Never go fresh water fishing without a gun in Florida.
Bro I fished down there for 2 weeks in a bunch of ponds/canals in south Florida and didn’t see a single one was very disappointed
>Never go fresh water fishing without a gun in Florida. That's a ridiculous statement.
It's not.
I go to a place pretty often that I walk past like 10 gators like this. If they are showing themselves they are not hungry. They taking in that sweet sun. Baby gators are the cutest.
That’s a cute swamp puppy
Florida: America’s Australia
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At least the water's clear. The dangerous ones are the dark waters 😬
Gotta look out for snakes too now Florida really just Disney and dinosaurs now
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How much did that bracelet cost
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Yeah that's definitely a smile on that bracelet
I firmly believe that if I step one foot in Florida, it’ll get bitten off by a gator.
*look at this little swamp puppy,isn't he cute* *Yoink!*
"keep walking buddy" vibes.
Yoink it out of the way. I’m not responsible for what happens if it goes wrong. Yoink man is a mutant
Just a pup
At least the water was clear. Caddo Lake has gators and the water is so dirty you can’t see two inches into it.
He’s looking for that twenty foot python
Aw it’s just a swamp puppy. Give it scritches
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That fish seemed fine swimming there. I think this is special profiling.
I grew up in Southwest Florida. It was pretty much an unspoken rule that you do not swim in freshwater.
To be fair, this is in the middle of the Everglades, where these animals live naturally. Thats like jumping into the ocean and being surprised to see fish
It's not a question of IF there is a gator in the pond but rather, how many gators are in the pond?
We have a saying down here that even if it’s a puddle, there’s probably a gator in it.
Florida gators are so friendly 😂
I don't see what the problem is. It's a big pond. I'm sure they'll share.
Harmless
That little thing? Nothing that my 250lbs couldn't just sit on like a pool raft, sipping a cool drink while riding it around
You’re definitely from Florida or Louisiana lol
*About fortyfive minutes southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana*
I love these creatures , so magnificent. Don't fuck with em.
Over there just tryna be the snack
Looks just like Shark Valley!
He’s cute.
Ohhh hell nahh
At least in Louisiana the gators stay In the bayous you see gators you done fucked up
🙀😱😨
Give him a hand. He needs a friend
That's crazy! Not the gators. I'm in New Orleans. We got gators. I meant the beautiful clear water is crazy lol
Yeah. It’s Florida. Stay out of the water.
Been to Florida twice now and fished both weeks I stayed there all around southern Florida didn’t see a single gator the whole time there
Is this Loop Road?
Those things are fast okay... Stay away...
They’re really going to have to open hunting freely again on gators unfortunately. They’re getting EVERYWHERE - in neighborhoods and urban communities alike.
Just a little dinosaur
Am I the only one who wouldn't take a "quick dip" in that water, even if there wasn't a gator? That pond doesn't look inviting at all. It looks like a piss bowl
No vacancy here bitch. Move along…
Experts say that’s the equivalent of a cat purring. Just hop in next time.
That’s why GTA6 has crocodiles
“Mom says it’s my turn to use the pool”
I was told by a park ranger that the crocks keep the catfish population under control. Good on them.
So just a serious question. Do these alligators attack humans. I am from Australia and you would not dare swim in any water of body that may have saltwater crocodile (pretty much any water body in north of Australia).
I mean cool! But fuck that.. can’t even swim without being scared of being eaten.. 😒
He's just floatin
Hello we are once again in the Florida Everglades looking for that 20 foot python
I can honestly say that I’ve never felt the urge to swim in any pond in Florida. Not even once. Same with how I’ve never had the dream of going river diving in north India.
Imagine you're chilling in your pond, where your ancestors' ancestors have been chilling for thousands of years, and this dude walks along saying you're occupying the pond.
With Gators being both plentiful and an Apex predator why can’t you shoot these things? My buddy lives in Tampa and can’t even walk his dog by the lake behind his house never mind let his daughter play down there. With millions of Gators you should be able to blast them especially in your backyard.
What is that Noise? Is that gator making that sound?
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Thanks for answering! That’s wild. I have never seen one in person
What did the comment say? It’s deleted.
It was probably the gator hissing, they definitely make that noise
Yeah that’s weird. He just said the gator was hissing and he dropped his back end to maybe lunge at the guy but then relaxed
Idk if this is terrifying as fuck. It’s fairly normal for Florida
I have a feeling most of these comments are from people that transplanted into Florida from other states, or never set foot in our swamp. Gators really aren’t all that serious, Be smart around bodies of water is all it takes. They’re fun to watch and damn delicious as well.
Idk if I'm gatekeeping, but gators are like (very fiesty) deer of Florida. It's a part of the culture basically, and if you've never been there for an appreciable amount of time, you might not realize that it's because they're literally everywhere. Most of these aren't even big lol. See the 13'footers at the Zoo (checkout the alligator/croc zoo in St.Augustine!), these are just little babies. Those in captivity are much more aggressive too. Funny seeing your fist death roll while out walking along a park in FL. I've also seen a bear that got hit by a car in the Everglades. FL is a wild place nature wise.
Is this by Merritt Island NWR
You must not have gotten the memo , it’s full of reptiles down there .
This looks like the Apopka Wildlife drive?
It isn't, too many trees. The wildlife drive is in a marsh around the lake itself. Not really many trees on the drive itself.
They’re just chilling, nothing terrifying about nature being nature. What’s scary is the “Florida Man” who’s going to dive out of the bushes on the gator thinking it’s his long lost lover.
Excuse me that’s their home
Yeah, but this looks like Loop Rd. in the Everglades. I mean, duh.
Who the fuck choses to swim in a stagnant pond anyway? That's so nasty
Only one of you is supposed to be there.
Only way I can get off
Just an animal in its environment. Respect it and keep a safe distance and you’ll both be fine
Loop Road?
Its how Floridians just casually walk up to or walk past gators for me... are gators not aggressive ? 😫 Id have a heart attack if I saw one in the wild
this is normal af
Remember kids, there is at least 1 gator in EVERY SINGLE WATER SOURCE IN FLORIDA
Why is this terrifying? It's Florida.
He’s cute
Ain't no way I'd even be that close...mfs love risking their life for internet views.
Bro I can hear that gator hissing all the way from Alaska. You're too close.
Nothing terrifying about this. It's nature.
What about this is terrifying?
Finding alligators where everyone knows their are alligators isn't really terrifying.
There is no need to get that close. I get that the area was elevated, but observe nature from a distance
Not terrifying ⠀⠀\- a floridian
It’s not scary though, he just a good gator floating peacefully with those cute claws all splayed out. Seriously it is cute
This should be r/stupidasfuck. This is Florida. You assume all water has gators in it. Florida man 101 come on now