Very young alligator at Hogeye Pathway (photo by Sam Boatman)

[sohappytobehere]

Sam took this photo yesterday.

[manaboutown]

Say cheese!

[davem4616]

nice shot, thanks for sharing

[Velvet]

Looks cute… at this age.

[Bonanza]

Beautiful photo but he doesn't look so young to me!

[Stu from NYC]

great picture

[Zenmama18]

Sam took this photo yesterday.
Great photo. Hope it was at a safe distance!

[La lamy]

Saw a baby gator at Sumter landing yesterday around 7 pm, but it was so weird, the gator was so still, completely exposed on top of weeds, looking at us for ever. I thought it may be a fake, but it moved its eyelids once in a while. Hope it was okay.

[FLBeans]

Sam took this photo yesterday.

Precisely why I don’t want to move there permanently. These are NOT like little lizards walking around… these things can kill you. I am wanting to come for lifestyle visit, however, this right here is stopping me. I’m VERY afraid of these things, I even have nightmares. Are they not controlled? 😢

[Jewelz]

Fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[larest]

great picture

[lennythenet]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[MrFlorida]

He looks like he's smiling.

[airstreamingypsy]

I love seeing them, real life dinosaurs.

[JanetMM]

Hope you used a really loooong zooooom lens

[gbs317]

He looks like he's smiling.
He is smiling…. I’m ready for my closeup Mr. sohappytobehere

[jimjamuser]

Sam took this photo yesterday.
I hate to be picky, but since there is no scale to compare its size with - there is no way to tell if it is young or an older 6ft alligator. But, I do suppose that this is the time of the year that their eggs are hatching. Also, soon the geese' eggs will be hatching. Soon the famous and much-anticipated snowbird migration will begin - northward to the prime nesting areas. Just in time for high gas prices!. Gentlemen, start your engines!

[Worldseries27]

saw a baby gator at sumter landing yesterday around 7 pm, but it was so weird, the gator was so still, completely exposed on top of weeds, looking at us for ever. I thought it may be a fake, but it moved its eyelids once in a while. Hope it was okay.
objects in the mirror are closer than you think

[Garyrizzo]

great picture

Baby Alligator at dog park Atlas

[clouwho]

I hate to be picky, but since there is no scale to compare its size with - there is no way to tell if it is young or an older 6ft alligator. But, I do suppose that this is the time of the year that their eggs are hatching. Also, soon the geese' eggs will be hatching. Soon the famous and much-anticipated snowbird migration will begin - northward to the prime nesting areas. Just in time for high gas prices!. Gentlemen, start your engines!


According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the courtship process for the state's more than one million alligators begins in April. Mating then happens in May or June before females build a nest and deposit about 32 to 46 eggs. After 63 to 68 days of incubation, the eggs will hatch from mid-August through early September.

It would therefore be a juvenile, but not a baby gator. Baby gators are itty bitty.

This one is gorgeous. I hope they don’t eradicate him like they have done so many other lovely gators in TV.

[curtmcgee]

No stray dogs here

[mgkw1]

Sam took this photo yesterday.


Saw this little guy a couple of years ago on Grey Fox. Remember, where there is a baby ... there is a mommy

[Barborv]

WOW!! Great shot!