Lookee there! Alligators:
Every now and then I encountered tour groups led by local guides, who
charged fees for their services. I noticed with delight that about half
the guides were dressed in brown shorts, like TV's animal-show
idiot Steve Irwin (the "Crocodile Hunter"), and sported
extremely poor, fake Australian accents. Oh, I wished my Aussie buddy
Robert Gibson were there to hear it.
This lovely alligator smiled for the camera. (I'm guessing there is
some thermal regulation going on, actually.) When the
hatchling alligator in the
foreground swam by, you can imagine the furious photo-taking and insipid
comments it generated by tourists: "Whoah, a big-un and
a little-un!", "Look--alligators!",
"Hey!--gators!" Eyes were
glazed faster than bakery doughnuts.
I took this and the previous photograph on the second day of my trip,
near Shark Valley.
