Gators rule!

These pictures were taken on the Anhinga trail in Everglades National Park. This is a great place to see wildlife...birds and alligators abound. I took some great video of a swimming gator...he uses his tail as the main means of propulsion, waving it back and forth...rather gracefully, at that. The behavior of the gator...sluggish on land, graceful in the water...is downright sloatlike!
The gators seem to enjoy each others company at times, as the foursome pictured together indicate...maybe they were just back from their Sunday morning golf game. The grinning gator is obviously celebrating Florida's victory over Vanderbilt the previous day. It was a narrow win and I don't think the Gators beat the spread, so this particular gator probably did not have a wager on the game.