getting ready for lunchtime
a heron with solid footing
and there are more of them in the pool
sure, there is one checking us out
the crowd is yelling 'jump gator, jump'. And then the gator jumps
there are gators everywhere
GatorLand is a theme park and alligator breeding farm just south of Orlando.
The park was founded in 1949 by Owen Godwin
Sr. who grew up in a place called Rattlesnake Hammock and as a kid made a few dimes by showing snakes and gators to steamboat passengers.
Gatorland became one of Florida's early tourist attractions and has drawn millions of visitors over the years.
In the 1980's
the park saw the world's first successful artificial insemination of an alligator.
In 2006 a fire raged and destroyed
the characteristic original Gatorland entrance.
The park has added many attraction over the years, when we visited in April 1992
the main attraction was the Gator Jumperoo, where hungry alligators had to jump to catch the chicken parts dangling a meter above
the water.
a promising entrance indeed. But it would burn down in 2006
can you see anything?
this one likes to live dangerously
amazingly, there are many birds in the park
he is checking out the food. Yes it's chicken today
