St. Augustine Alligator Park (DUW)

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I visited the St. Augustine Alligator Park in Florida back in 2007. Really neat place, if I recall correctly, they had at least one of every species of crocodilian on exhibit there. Unfortunately, I failed to get a photo of each one but here are the pics from my visit nonetheless. Enjoy!

American Alligators

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South American Black Caiman




Broad-snouted Caiman



Chinese Alligator


Dwarf Caiman (Smooth-fronted?)


Gharial

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False gharial


Slender-snouted crocodile


Johnston's crocodile (Australian "freshie")

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Various crocs & caimans I cannot recall their exact species (I know, I'm horrible!)

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Australian Saltwater (Estuarine) Crocodile

the late Gomek, former title-holder for largest captive croc


Gomek's replacement, Maximo (not very photogenic that day!)




Maximo's girlfriend, Sydney

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Last photo...



This is the skull of a croc that was allegedly over 18 feet in length.

[alessia55]

Nice pics. The albino pics are neat

[MoreliAddict]

That Gharial thing is awesome.

[jarich]

Awesome pictures!

I was able to go to Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo when I lived in Brisbane. Some of the crocs they had there were absolutely huge! They had actually trained them to propel themselves straight out of the water by offering a chicken on a platform 10 feet above. Its a crazy thing to see an huge croc jump that far up out of the water!