American Alligator eating a fresh kill along the shoreline of a swamp in Gainesville Florida

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American Alligator eating a fresh kill along the shoreline of a swamp in Gainesville Florida This alligator had killed a deer that had come up to the waters edge to take a drink. It sat for hours playing with the carcass throwing it in the air and chomping on the torso Digital image was shot from the opposite edge of the swamp, with a very long telephoto lens

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Size: 5985px × 3675px
Location: Gainesville, Florida, United States, North America
Photo credit: © Pat Bonish / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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