Alligators don’t need Waders
When a bull gator bellows, he creates 2 tones. The first is the one we hear. The one that’s making the water dance is subsonic. Only male alligators have that double-tone bellow. Other alligators know, because they are hearing two tones, it’s a male who’s bellowing. In the bellow, they rise up out of the water, inhale deeply, and sing out. One starts, and soon the others follow. I shot this photo at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park. The park was established in 1893, and in its current iteration is more a preserve than a park and was never a ‘farm.’ I was two to 10 feet away from these animals and they surprised me with the differences in personality. An unexpected intelligence lurks there. And I say “lurk” with a reason…
Hello! You are in my Florida now! I love St. Augustine old souls live there.
I grew up in Venice Florida and used to swim at Oscar Shearer State Park,. and gators were sometimes in the pond. One summer a teenaged girl jumped off the wood float on top of a gator. It was horrible! I never swam there again, I never went to Oscar Shearer again.
Gators are a part of Florida and if you keep your distance it will be ok. Be safe…don’t tempt the gators! : )
Wishing you the best of everything. I pray the money for your project comes in quickly!
Blessings, magnolia