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Now that is a large alligator.

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Old 07-03-2022, 08:14 AM
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On the shore of a retention pond.
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Old 07-03-2022, 08:49 AM
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Which retention pond?
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Old 07-03-2022, 10:35 AM
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Wow, he's a big boy
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Old 07-03-2022, 11:48 AM
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Now this was a very big critter.
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Old 07-03-2022, 12:34 PM
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On the shore of a retention pond.
Could be getting ready to lay eggs. Its the season.
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Old 07-03-2022, 07:30 PM
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On the shore of a retention pond.
That photo has been floating around the Internet for years, with no evidence it has anything to do with The Villages.
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Old 07-04-2022, 07:31 AM
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This is my photograph taken in The Villages. Sorry to disappoint you BrianL99.
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Old 07-04-2022, 02:13 PM
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This is my photograph taken in The Villages. Sorry to disappoint you BrianL99.
do you think it looks a bit like a croc? could it be?
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Old 07-04-2022, 03:18 PM
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do you think it looks a bit like a croc? could it be?
With that broad head and teeth not showing both up and down? No, it's just a mature alligator. And a handsome one at that. You'd have to go down into the Everglades (and the southwest corner of it at that) to find a wild population of American Crocodiles. I've seen one at the northwest corner of the Everglades but the rangers there think she was captured at the southeast end, kept for a few years and released where she's at now when she outgrew the ability of the captor to keep her any longer.
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Old 07-04-2022, 04:37 PM
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This is my photograph taken in The Villages. Sorry to disappoint you BrianL99.
I'm not disappointed and if you're Ronnie Clark, I'm not disputing if it's your photo.

I think it is disingenuous to post a 3 year old photo, presented like it was taken recently and then to describe the location differently, depending upon your audience.
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