Huge Alligator Swims in the borrow pond at Shark Valley Observation Tower, Everglades National Park

I have seen thousands of alligators, but when this huge bull swam under the observation tower, I literally gasped. This animal is at least 11 feet long, and may be as long as 14 feet. I sure ain't gettin' close enough to measure. This may be the same animal I saw a year earlier, and declared a 14-footer based on the one-inch on head is one foot of body rule: http://sudoku.com.au/PhotosBig.aspx?PID=2796&UID=9623&Go=N11-12-1991


I have seen thousands of alligators, but when this huge bull swam under the observation tower, I literally gasped. This animal is at least 11 feet long, and may be as long as 14 feet. I sure ain't gettin' close enough to measure. This may be the same animal I saw a year earlier, and declared a 14-footer based on the one-inch on head is one foot of body rule: http://sudoku.com.au/PhotosBig.aspx?PID=2796&UID=9623&Go=N11-12-1991
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   Judy  From Nunawading
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Fantastic photo Jim! Just a minute, while I grab my tape measure ...(!) A little bit of pre-history swimming by.
02/Feb/09 1:50 PM
Judy  From San Diego    Supporting Member
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This looks like Han Solo frozen in Carbonite on Jabba the Hut's wall!!
26/Oct/09 12:32 AM
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