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Alligator with meal
Alligator usually catch their meals at dusk or dawn, so, when I saw this one having a late breakfast I stood there and watched it consume this cooter. From what I could see, the cooter or slider turtle is male (judging from its long hind claws, which he uses to caress the female during copulation). I was not able to identify the cooter species. The alligator is an old acqaitance. If you seach for some of my other alligator photos, it is the one with all the babies crawling on her back and head. She is a prolific and caring mother, who protects her babies ferociously. You'll notice she is missing her right foot. She lost it to the male who attacked the nestlings and got away with a few.
Alligator with meal
Alligator usually catch their meals at dusk or dawn, so, when I saw this one having a late breakfast I stood there and watched it consume this cooter. From what I could see, the cooter or slider turtle is male (judging from its long hind claws, which he uses to caress the female during copulation). I was not able to identify the cooter species. The alligator is an old acqaitance. If you seach for some of my other alligator photos, it is the one with all the babies crawling on her back and head. She is a prolific and caring mother, who protects her babies ferociously. You'll notice she is missing her right foot. She lost it to the male who attacked the nestlings and got away with a few.