A Florida resident was on a two-mile run when she encountered not just one alligator, but two, and one was in the other’s mouth. Sue Edwards, who lives in Charlotte County, was making her way around a lake in Babock Ranch on Sunday, when she first saw the reptile, Fox 35 Orlando reported. It wasn’t until she got a little …
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Rare two-headed snake undergoes surgery in Missouri
A non-venomous, two-headed snake’s statewide journey has come to a halt after the reptile underwent major surgery this month. Tiger-Lily, the rare western rat snake with two heads, was set to leave the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Powder Valley Nature Center on March 18 until a team member discovered that Tiger-Lily had an “emerging health condition,” according to a …
Read More »11-foot-long 'King Arthur' the alligator spotted at South Carolina golf resort with mysterious head piece
A South Carolina alligator was found with a strange object on its head – and wildlife experts in Georgia were called to get to the bottom of it. The University of Georgia Coastal Ecology Lab made a Facebook post about the 11-foot-long alligator, which has been named King Arthur, on Monday. The lab explained that it was recently contacted about …
Read More »New York pet alligator seized by state 'like they were raiding a terrorist's home,' owner says
Tony Cavallaro returned from a quick trip to the post office to find law enforcement swarming his western New York home like “they were raiding a terrorist.” “I pulled into my driveway and got out of my car, and the guy grabbed my hand and grabbed my phone. He reached into my pockets and pulled out my wallet,” Cavallaro told …
Read More »Tennessee fisherman reels in an alligator as wildlife officials say reptiles are 'expanding their range'
A fisherman in Tennessee has reeled in an alligator that wildlife officials suspect was “being illegally held in captivity and possibly released” into a lake in the eastern part of the state. The unusual catch of the 3- to 4-foot-long reptile in Norris Lake on Monday comes as state wildlife officials say that alligators are “naturally expanding their range into …
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