"alligators"

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28 January 2026

A great egret perches atop an alligator as it scans the water for fish in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026. Great egrets typically hunt by standing motionless in shallow water before striking quickly with their long, sharp bills to spear or grab small fish and aquatic prey.

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#13248377

28 January 2026

A great egret perches atop an alligator as it scans the water for fish in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026. Great egrets typically hunt by standing motionless in shallow water before striking quickly with their long, sharp bills to spear or grab small fish and aquatic prey.

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#13248379

28 January 2026

A great egret perches atop an alligator as it scans the water for fish in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026. Great egrets typically hunt by standing motionless in shallow water before striking quickly with their long, sharp bills to spear or grab small fish and aquatic prey.

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28 January 2026

A great egret perches atop an alligator as it scans the water for fish in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026. Great egrets typically hunt by standing motionless in shallow water before striking quickly with their long, sharp bills to spear or grab small fish and aquatic prey.

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#13248370

28 January 2026

A great egret is seen in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026. Great egrets typically hunt by standing motionless in shallow water before striking quickly with their long, sharp bills to spear or grab small fish and aquatic prey.

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#13249011

28 January 2026

Visitors feed fish to a young alligator at Gatorland park in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026.

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28 January 2026

Visitors feed fish to a young alligator at Gatorland park in Orlando, Florida, on January 27, 2026.

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#13075491

9 December 2025

A great egret rides on the back of an American alligator in Orlando, Florida, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

A great egret rides on the back of an American alligator in Orlando, Florida, on December 8, 2025.

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#12716061

5 September 2025

A common gallinule runs across the water to escape a nearby alligator at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach, Florida. Unlike most waterbirds, gallinules have long toes that allow them to walk on floating vegetation. The species is known for its loud, cackling calls that often echo through wetlands.

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5 September 2025

A common gallinule runs across the water to escape a nearby alligator at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach, Florida. Unlike most waterbirds, gallinules have long toes that allow them to walk on floating vegetation. The species is known for its loud, cackling calls that often echo through wetlands.

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#12649946

16 August 2025

An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), colloquially referred to as a ''gator,'' swims towards a disturbance in the swamp looking for its next meal. The American alligator is an apex predator in swampy areas of the USA and can swim up to 32 kilometers per hour. Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.5 meters in length and can weigh up to 500 kilograms, with unverified sizes of up to 5.84 meters and weights of 1,000 kilograms.

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16 August 2025

An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), colloquially referred to as a ''gator,'' swims towards a disturbance in the swamp looking for its next meal. The American alligator is an apex predator in swampy areas of the USA and can swim up to 32 kilometers per hour. Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.5 meters in length and can weigh up to 500 kilograms, with unverified sizes of up to 5.84 meters and weights of 1,000 kilograms.

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#12579201

24 July 2025

A sign along the Tamiami Trail, also known as U.S. Highway 41, marks the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz. The complex is an immigration detention facility located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida, United States. Announced in June 2025 by the Attorney General, James Uthmeier, and championed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it is situated in the Everglades west of Miami. The name alludes to both the local reptile population and the former maximum-security Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California.

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24 July 2025

A sign along the Tamiami Trail, also known as U.S. Highway 41, marks the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz. The complex is an immigration detention facility located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida, United States. Announced in June 2025 by the Attorney General, James Uthmeier, and championed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it is situated in the Everglades west of Miami. The name alludes to both the local reptile population and the former maximum-security Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California.

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6 July 2025

A police officer rides by a storefront reflecting some of the hundreds of people marching against U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration on Independence Day, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on July 4, 2025. Demonstrators' grievances include mass deportations, the detention facility for undocumented immigrants in the Florida Everglades, U.S. involvement on Israel’s behalf in the Middle East, and the social safety net cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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