Well, I didn’t see a gator this morning, since it was barely 60 degrees, and cold-blooded reptiles move kind of slowly then. But my husband saw one earlier today, as he walked around the nearby lake. That one was lying on the surface of the water near the lily pads, soaking up the brilliant sunshine, recharging his scaly batteries.
One morning last Spring, near this sign, I heard the typical grunt that gators use to communicate with each other. Then a few weeks later, I heard a splashing, and looked over to see a very large gator thrashing his body into a spin, with something in his jaws….I think it was a duck. I’ve read that they kill prey by spinning to hold them under water. All this was going on no farther than ten feet from the walking path. And yet, I’ve never seen them up on the banks there. Which is fine with me. I hear they can run pretty fast for short distances.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 