Just Keep Moving…

The young, smaller alligator in the foreground suddenly found itself side by side with a much older and larger gator in the marsh pond. The youngster has to leave quickly, but not too quickly, because a fast sudden movement could be seen by the adult as a potential aggressive move. So the little guy has to swim…casually.

The little guy does not want to appear weak and afraid, but certainly has no intention to mount any type of challenge. So the right speed, and the right attitude is required to get by the adult alligator who likely sees this area as his personal turf.

15 thoughts on “Just Keep Moving…”

The Dancing Rider on March 23, 2014 at 3:04 pm said:

That little guy is so sweet. Look at him being good, doing the right thing so nonchalantly. He’s even trying not to look , lol. 🙂 I can see that the big guy knows exactly what’s going on, too.

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- Phil Lanoue on March 24, 2014 at 4:34 pm said:
  
  The little guy is trying so hard to be nonchalant and seems to be pulling it off. While under the ever watchful eye of the big guy.
  
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Dave_TX on March 23, 2014 at 4:26 pm said:

The little one looks like it is dinner size for the larger one. Gators like to eat gators just as much as Cajuns do.

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- Phil Lanoue on March 24, 2014 at 4:35 pm said:
  
  It’s possible that a larger alligator would kill a smaller one, I have seen them fight. The dead one would have to marinate and soften up for a while before it got good and tasty to eat though.
  
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Patrizia M. on March 23, 2014 at 5:07 pm said:

Deve essere cauto e furbo, perché il grande lo tiene sotto controllo con lo sguardo, gulp!!!!

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- Phil Lanoue on March 24, 2014 at 4:39 pm said:
  
  Io cerco di stare attento, ma mi piace!
  
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Garden Walk Garden Talk on March 23, 2014 at 5:43 pm said:

Is little quicker?

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- Phil Lanoue on March 24, 2014 at 4:36 pm said:
  
  Big and little one can both move very fast. A lot faster then you might think. Both swimming in the water and on land. I have seen one run.
  
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  - Garden Walk Garden Talk on March 25, 2014 at 2:24 am said:
    
    Thank you for the answer.
    
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foxleylady on March 23, 2014 at 8:20 pm said:

If I just take it veeeeery carefully ………..!

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- Phil Lanoue on March 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm said:
  
  Exactly. The little guy is trying and hoping he has just turned invisible. Sometimes it works.
  
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Linda Victor on March 24, 2014 at 7:46 am said:

Wow great shot, how do you get so close? is it zoom!!! There are alot of them down there..makes for a nice pocketbook,,,,im bad..

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- Phil Lanoue on March 24, 2014 at 4:38 pm said:
  
  They get close and sometimes I get close but they are Ok.
  I won’t mention that comment about the pocketbook to the big guy.
  
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Lyle Krahn on March 24, 2014 at 8:37 pm said:

Too bad you couldn’t check his heart rate to see if the situation was stressing him out.

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- Phil Lanoue on March 26, 2014 at 4:06 pm said:
  
  Don’t give Alyce any crazy ideas. She will want to put a Fit Bit bracelet on one.
  
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