Oh..it’s great to be a Florida Gator! A Gator at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park.
Founded in 1893, The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is the only place where one can go to see living examples of the world’s 24 species of crocodile species. The Alligator Farm is family friendly and certainly the world’s best zoo to see a wide variety of gators and crocodiles.
Along with the zoological park, the Alligator farm holds three critically endangered crocodile species and is essential in conservation and research. To this end, baby alligators and crocodiles can be seen throughout the park.
Along with educational programs, the farm offers a wide variety of exhibits, and a wild bird rookery in the swamp. In the swamp, great excitement can be found during feeding time twice a day at noon and 3:00 p.m. The Gators know all about it and begin to awaken from their sun warmed snooze.
Piling up along the feeding dock, there is nothing but gators to the eye.
The zoo has special alligator food made that looks like dog food pellets. Tossing them in the water for the gators to grab, then asking for the special ones to come up and open their mouths for a handful is exciting to watch.
If the gator is lucky, a rat is one of the lunch courses.
If you’re ever in St. Augustine, Florida a visit to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park is guaranteed to delight the family.
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
That last image is just incredible. From a safe distance I have to admit I rather admire the old ‘gator and crocodile – they NEVER change! 🙂
Thank goodness for my telephoto lens. Glad I didn’t have to get close to these guys.
Thanks Joanne!
I’d love to visit this alligator farm one day. Super captures, Emily. They all look very enthusiastic. Mr. A was sunbathing on our neighbour’s lawn today. 🙂
How far is St. Augustine from where you live? It’s such an awesome little town and well worth a visit. Not sure what I’d do though, if I saw an alligator on my neighbor’s lawn. Eeek!!
Fascinating creatures……but I wouldn’t want to get too close 😊
Ok..crazy thing Mark ! There is another large pen and the zoo keeper was just walking around in the pen, no protection. The gators? Sleeping and ignoring him. I can’t even imagine.
Great seeing you and I wish you a wonderful and exciting 2016.
You too Em….and hope you had a great Christmas
It was wonderful and thank you for asking. I hope yours was as grand as mine.
I find gators and crocodiles to be so interesting, but in the real world I find that the distance between me and them can never be too great.
LOL !! That is too funny Charlie. Yes, lots of space between us and them would be a really good thing.