Alligator carrying an otter
I was standing in the observation tower at the lake (at Lake Apopka North Shore Restoration Area, Clay Island Tract), and I was about to leave when this alligator swam by. It took a moment to realize it was carrying something pink. After another moment I noticed there was also a black pointy thing following along on the other side of its mouth. While I was there I figured it was a deer, but looking at the image on my computer later I figured out (based on the foot) that it was probably an otter.
The American alligator, sometimes referred to as a gator, or common alligator is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section of northeastern Mexico. It is one of the two extant species in the genus "Alligator", and is larger than the only other living alligator species, the Chinese alligator.
