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Alligator on a log in the Cypress Island Nature Preserve in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

We were in a small boat photographing "swamp" animals in the 9300-acre Cypress Island Nature Preserve in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, when we came across this large Alligator sunning itself on a tree stump.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States of America
Camera: NIKON Z 6
Copyright: © Glenn Ostle