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An American Alligator submerged in a black water creek.

I was walking the dock at a boat landing on the Old Chehaw River in South Carolina’s lowcountry, when this alligator surfaced and began following me back and forth. He was probably expecting me to throw him fish scraps or chicken parts that fishermen and crabbers use at the boat landing.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2018
Date Uploaded: 07.2018
Photo Location: Green Pond, South Carolina, United States of America
Camera: FinePix S9800 S9850 S9750
Copyright: © Jason Jensen