Wildlife and a Wild Life
October 28, 2014 – Even the short and routine walk down the street to the community pool can yield surprises. Several days ago, a small alligator (4 or 5 feet long) was sunning itself on the grass between the lagoon and the dirt road where I walked. The alligator’s mouth was open, giving the impression of the gator smiling, or perhaps getting ready to bite something. But that’s not the case; gators usually do this open-mouth thing to cool off. What surprised me was that the weather was not hot; the temperature was a comfortable, dry 72 degrees F. I didn’t think the gator should be that hot. I hope he/she is okay. After I swam my 2 kilometers, I walked back to the house. On the way, I noticed that the gator was gone. Alligator sunning in the grass in March 2011, in about the same spot where I saw a smaller gator with mouth open last week . The next day (Friday), I decided to run in the deep end of the pool. Su...