A 10-foot alligator was strangled in a Florida pool after a homeowner came home to find a giant reptile lounging in his backyard.
A family in the Florida Keys came home late one night and were stunned to find a three-meter-long alligator swimming in their backyard pool, WSVN reports. To help the unwanted visitors, the family called in Todd Hardwick of Nasty Creatures Wildlife Control.
“We were just enjoying a dip in the pool when we got there,” Hardwick told the outlet.
While the homeowners were undoubtedly relieved by Hardwick’s arrival, the same could not be said for the alligator, who put up considerable resistance when Hardwick’s team tried to pull the reptile out of the pool. video footage The content of the captcha becomes clear.
The video shows the giant alligator spinning and rampaging in the pool as Hardwick and his team attempt to extract it, causing the deck to become wet. , creating slippery conditions for the crew.
Wildlife trappers are called to remove a “giant” alligator from a swimming pool in Plantation Key, Florida. pic.twitter.com/49vmlZZUmP
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“When we started catching it, the alligator rolled around quite a bit and spat a lot of water onto the patio deck,” Hardwick told the magazine. “It got pretty slippery and a bit dangerous.”
The team eventually squeezed the alligator out of the pool and released it into its saltwater habitat.
While not as common as alligators in Florida, the state is known to have just under 2,000 adult alligators. Both crocodiles and alligators are particularly active during the mating season from April to June, when they typically interact more with humans, the report said. (Related: Australian snorkeler nearly loses head after crocodile attack)
Hardwick, who has a job exterminating alligators, crocodiles and other animals, told the media that he has been particularly busy this year. “It’s a big animal,” he said.
Hardwick speculated that the alligator may have climbed the boat ramp from the canal in the neighbor’s yard and entered the homeowner’s yard through a gap in the fence, but the homeowner suspected no more alligators or Said they planned to fix the oversight to keep the alligators away. There is an outlet description.
