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Heres a couple of pics I took last Sunday at Flamingo in Everglades National Park. These were taken by the store and fish cleaning platform. They weren't at all shy. The closer pic is a 8-9' toothless croc[probably female] that looked very old. I literally walked up to her close enough to touch if I had wanted to. She had no fear of man at all. The other pic was taken across the canal and he was about 12' long and looked to be a young croc. Numerous boats of fishermen and tour boats approached within 4-5' to which he completely ignored. Crocs here in Fl. have made an amazing comeback and are really quite numerous in certain areas....Tom Crutchfield

Thats awesome, I was actually at that exact same spot in September.. There's a large male acutus that resides there as well, they estimate he's around 13 feet. My friend and I saw him right near that ramp until he submerged and was literally impossible to see.

Matt

Oops, I got ahead of myself, I didnt read that the second photo was of that male..

Matt

The comeback of american crocs in Florida is one of the great successes in targeted conservation. many thanks to everyone who has been or still is involved in these efforts.
Ralf
CSG Tomistoma Task Force

Thats awesome man I got pictures about 5 years ago when I was down there in the exact same spot on the ramp was about a 6 or 7 foot what looked to be a female (maybe the same one) and then across the canal I got a couple of what looked to be a big male 12 and also got a couple of some 2 footers on farther down I will try and get them on here so everybody can take a look
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Tony Collins
The Croc Page
"Life is to short to have regrets"