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Old 12-13-2009, 10:15 PM   #1
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Dec 14, 2009: 'Gator On 'Gator, Action

It’s Dog eat Dog out there, folks… or in this case 'Gator eat 'Gator.
I’d seen enough wildlife shows to know Mama Alligator has to guard the youngsters, so Daddy 'Gator, and his carousing buddies, won’t eat them.
But I thought when they got to be 7 feet long, all that was behind them.
Not so.



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I saw this picture on Bits&Pieces, and followed the link to Stephen Leakier’s wildlife photography site. Wow, he’s got a lot more Gators, plus great bird and animal pictures, too. My personal favorites are the antics of the Ospreys, Steve’s captured so well.
Steve consented to let us also use this image... Thanks Steve.

Anyone that’s tried to photograph wildlife, knows you have to be “vewy vewy quiet”, which means sitting/lying still, for extended periods of time. Since a lot of Steve’s portfolio was shot in southern wetlands (read swamps), I can’t imagine how many mosquitoes, chiggers, and God knows what, have feasted on him. Now that’s literally, suffering for your art.
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:25 PM   #2
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Old 12-14-2009, 12:48 AM   #3
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That is crazy Bruce. I wonder how often this happens
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:31 AM   #4
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I've seen gator on gator attacks where death occurs about three times in the past 10 years. Most the time they're just mating which can get quite rough. Steve
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Old 12-14-2009, 08:20 AM   #5
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The little guy should have stuck a stick between the big guy's jaws. That always works in the cartoons.
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Old 12-14-2009, 08:36 AM   #6
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Hey Trim-o! Welcome!
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Old 12-14-2009, 09:28 AM   #7
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We have some gators like that around here, but most of the time they are just laying around together in the sun. I can't say as I have ever seen them so much as wink at each other.
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Old 12-14-2009, 09:52 AM   #8
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When you are that big, a spot of camoflauge on the back will suffice.
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Old 12-14-2009, 10:18 AM   #9
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hi Steve, great pic, thanks.

I really want to put a santa hat on that gator, but I'll resist.....

I can't wait to go back to Florida in Feb.
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Old 12-14-2009, 10:23 AM   #10
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Yeah, thanks for letting us use the picture, Steve, and welcome to the Cellar.

Have any after pictures of the bloody water?

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Old 12-14-2009, 10:49 AM   #11
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I've seen gator on gator attacks where death occurs about three times in the past 10 years. Most the time they're just mating which can get quite rough. Steve
Thanks for checking in, as well as the use of the picture, I see you've been welcomed.
Jonco wrote the 'Gators were 7 and 10 feet long, do they really differ that much in girth for only 3 ft in length?
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Old 12-14-2009, 01:03 PM   #12
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Most the time they're just mating which can get quite rough.
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We have some Dwellars like that around here, but most of the time they are just laying around together in the sun.


Welcome, Trimoon.
Great photos.
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:38 PM   #13
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Um...not what I was expecting when I read gator on gator action...
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Old 12-15-2009, 03:45 PM   #14
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I was severely disappointed by the lack of alligator copulation in this thread.

Severely!
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Old 12-15-2009, 05:50 PM   #15
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How do you know that isn't 'gator foreplay you're seeing right there?
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