And around Memorial Day, a rare alligator ... gator — a baby — was spotted in clear shallow water. Mary Frances Barnes Rodriguez caught the video of the gator swimming and floating along ...

who is floating below the iced-over water with just its nostrils poking through a small hole in the ice. In a viral video of the same alligator, shared by Gator Country employee Eddie Hanhart says ...

"Classic habitat includes excessive shoreline vegetation (i.e., the 'marshy look') or floating plants, like water lilies. Alligators love basking on logs or on embankments, especially muddy banks ...