Sometimes finding exactly what you came to see turns out to be pretty unnerving.
I’ve never understood how people with toddlers and lap dogs appear to be at ease strolling alongside alligators—file another item under mysteries of the universe. It may not look like we were that close, but given the creature’s distended stomach and extreme jawline, it certainly felt like it. Add the fact that the park’s literature boasts of this apex predator’s unique ability to survive where those at the top of other food chains have not, and I feel plenty of cause to tip toe around the sleeping giant and look for turtles instead (cue next pic).
