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Old 09-20-2009, 04:37 PM   #1
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Alligator in the weeds..

While on a hike with the wife I thought this guy was perfect photo material..





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Wow, tht looks awesome.
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Amazing photo opp.!
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Old 09-20-2009, 06:28 PM   #4
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Old 09-20-2009, 07:02 PM   #5
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Haha, looks pretty sweet. Where was this taken?
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Haha, looks pretty sweet. Where was this taken?

Gainesville Florida

These were just around the corner from the previous photo..

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Old 09-20-2009, 08:24 PM   #9
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This is an Alligator Snapping Turtle. He was getting closer to me as I was taking this picture. I could tell he wanted a piece

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My grandpa almost caught one of those while fishing. It was huge. but it snapped the line and went back into the pond.
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Old 09-20-2009, 08:53 PM   #11
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They can reach around 250LBS BIG!
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yep, I think tht one he caught was at least 3-4 ft front to back.
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If you are missing Florida, this may make things worse





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Aww man, I'd love to go there. I'd like to see the swamps especially the cypress swamps with the spanish moss.
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great pic... diffently awsome photo material.. good eye on that one...
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These are all from our local planted aquarium trips we have regularly I have hundreds.. Enjoy my new friends











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WOW nice pics.
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Great Florida pictures. While we are sharing. These are pics from our last conoe trip through the everglades. There is many more but i can not get ahold of them right now.







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