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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on February 22, 2018, 12:30:02 pm

Title: When I Grow Up
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 22, 2018, 12:30:02 pm

Baby American Alligator - about a foot long or less.

Title: Re: When I Grow Up
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 22, 2018, 02:33:17 pm

Looking every bit as antediluvian and sinister now as he will when he's huge.

Jeremy

Title: Re: When I Grow Up
Post by: Telecaster on February 22, 2018, 02:47:56 pm

What a cutie!

-Dave-

Title: Re: When I Grow Up
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 22, 2018, 05:19:43 pm

Quote from: Telecaster on February 22, 2018, 02:47:56 pm

What a cutie!

and smiling for the camera!

Title: Re: When I Grow Up
Post by: armand on February 25, 2018, 04:50:26 pm

I forgot, was it the crocodiles where you could see their teeth if you got close enough (some might say too close) vs the alligators where you don't?

Title: Re: When I Grow Up
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 26, 2018, 01:54:01 am

While there are some crocs in south FL, we have none up here in N. FL. Thus I can only conclude that your statement is incorrect as I see gator's teeth all the time. Thanks be to the miracle of modern lenses that make it look like I had just finished scratching one behind its left ear, then casually walked away...

Attached is what he will likely grow up to be at some point in his life. The second, though not as clear is one who is known to the local population simply as "Goliath," who is touted to be well over 14 feet long and weigh in upward of 1,100 lbs. (500 kilos, give or take.)