#102

Dinner time!!  Mama 'gator watches as her not-so-little ones scamper up to feed. Lots more pics to see here, read on.

The largest 'gator you see here lurking in the water was mom, of course.  The dad was not visible this day.  His name is Charlie and is said to be over twice as large as this female.  The rest are the babies, which we counted 10 of at one point.

Their story; Charlie resides in a fenced in water reservoir.  These reservoirs are all fenced in, for security reasons, not to keep any animals captive.  Charlie is a bit of a celebrity due to his size.  He likely remains here because he is fed so often by visitors.  Most of these 'gators can come and go through culverts or canals between reservoirs.  I suspect this family may remain because they enjoy the ease of feeding.

Charlie himself was last measured at approximately 13 feet long, over 830 pounds, and at an estimated age of 25 years old.