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Got a photo of an alligator? Share it with us!

Send us your alligator photograph, whether you've taken it in the wild or at a zoo or wildlife park, and we'll publish it here. Please scroll to the page bottom for more info.

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^ PEGGY R. - Homeland, Florida

Peggy zoomed the camera lens to get this image at Circle B nature preserve in Polk County, Florida, which seems to be a very popular gator-watching site! This alligator appears to be about 8.5 feet in length.

^ NORM B. - Winter Haven, Florida.

Norm, an experienced birdwatcher and nature photographer, snapped this pic at the Circle B Br Reserve in Polk County, Florida in January, 2011.

^ REBECCA. J. - Lakeland, Florida.

Rebecca snapped this pic of a subadult alligator in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando in February, 2011.

^ NORM B. - Winter Haven, Florida.

Norm, an experienced birdwatcher and nature photographer, snapped this pic at the Circle B Br Reserve in Polk County, Florida in October, 2010.

^ KELLY - Polk County, Florida.

You've read about this all over the Living Among Alligators site: Alligators and humans co-habitating neighborhoods. Kelly snapped the first pic of a juvenile gator in a waterhole in her backyard. The second was taken just after authorities captured it.

^ ED MASON, - Lakeland, Florida.

Ed snapped this picture at Chehaw Wild animal Park in Albany, Georgia in August, 2010. Note the heavy algae cover, the result of a high level of phosphate in the water. The algae is not harmful to the alligator, but does severely limit the quality of the water for fish and other aquatic life, since the sunlight cannot get though.

^ ALEXANDRIA C. - Haines City, Florida.

Young Alexandria was quick to the draw in whipping out her cell phone to photograph this 'gator ever so nonchalantly crossing the traffic at the entrance to Champion's Gate in Davenport, Florida on May 31, 2010. Kudos to the Osceola Sheriff deputies who halted traffic in courtesy to the reptile!

^ RIK TENAGLIA - Wannee, Florida.

Rik, a lifelong nature lover, says he's "blessed to be able to possess a spot on one of the most beautiful rivers in the country." The two images above were taken in the Wannee area of the famous Suwannee River in Winter 2009-2010. Rik says the alligators here are difficult to approach without them disappearing into the depths; of course, that's a natural behavior for wild alligators and a good thing as far as safety is concerned.

^   BARBARA N. - Poinciana, Florida.

Barbara captured this image of a 'gator from her backyard in Central Florida in January 31, 2008. A real lover of nature, Barb says she leaves the animal alone, and has had no issues with it.

^   LARA R. - Gainesville, Florida.

Lara took this photo in her city at Lake Alice in late summer 2007. This image clearly illustrates the alligator's submarine-like ability to use stealth in being barely visible at the water's surface.

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Got a photo of an alligator? Want to share it?

Send us your alligator photograph,* whether you've taken it in the wild or at a zoo or wildlife park (no pics of "pet" alligators please), and we'll publish it on the Living Among Alligators website. If you haven't taken the picture yet but plan to, PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL AND DO NOT APPROACH THE ALLIGATOR -- use the zoom feature on your camera, so you can snap a pic at a safe distance. Along with your image, please send the full name of the photographer as it should be published, the location of the spot where the photo was taken, and the home city or town of the photographer (see the entries above for reference).

Photo email: LWA@crocodopolis.net