Now THAT’s a Big Gulp! Photographer catches amazing images of the moment a Great Blue Heron devours baby alligator whole
A photographer managed to capture the moment a baby alligator in Florida was devoured by a giant bird over the weekend.
The amazing images posted on Facebook by Danny Gilliam on Sunday show a Great Blue Heron eating a large juvenile alligator in Florida’s Lake Apopka.
The pictures have since gone viral, and as of Tuesday, they’ve been shared more than 71,000 times while generating some 11,000 reactions.
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A Great Blue Heron was photographed eating a juvenile alligator at a Florida lake
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Danny Gilliam snapped the photographs while on an outing in Florida’s Lake Apopka over the weekend
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The incredible images show the bird devouring the helpless alligator
In 2017, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute posted a video of a heron devouring a baby alligator.
‘This large, wading bird is a familiar sight to most Floridians.
‘It’s a permanent resident of wetlands throughout the state, often seen along ponds, lakes and canals in housing developments.’
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As of Tuesday, Gilliam’s images generated more than 71,000 shares
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The bird is seen gulping down the juvenile alligator in Florida’s Lake Apopka
The adolescent alligator was apparently too young to survive in the wild.
In the first years of an alligator’s life, they tend to eat small animals and stay near the water, surviving on insects, snails, worms, birds, and small fish.
