This was just too cute!!!!
I couldn't bear it! The little guy (girl?) lurked
around in the Utricularia, and would without warning lunge
forward with jaws snapping, presumably capturing fish. Sometimes it
would also get a big mouthful of Utricularia radiata (which I
presume was not the targeted food item) and would have to struggle to
expel the bladderwort from its mouth while not losing its desired
meal.
Oh man, I was delirious with pleasure. Slack-faced, drooling, with
glazed eyes,
snapping picture after picture, I quickly finished off the roll of
film. I was waving to anyone who might be near (alas, I was alone),
hoping they'd see this too. "Look! A gator!"
"Lookee, he's a little-un!" I even started narrating
its actions with a pseudo-Australian accent.
(LOOK at him NOW! LOOK at those TEETH! HE'S REALLY MAD!) I couldn't help
myself, I had finally contracted gator-thrall. I had no shame.
