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 colloquially as a gator, is a reptile endemic only to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the two living species of alligator, in the genus "Alligator", within the family "Alligatoridae". It is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator.
