It was all in a day's work for a Florida sheriff's deputy who responded to a home where a young alligator was spotted swimming in a backyard pool in Northeast Florida.
The encounter happened July 25 in St. Augustine, just south of Jacksonville.
After being shown where the 3 to 4-foot alligator was, the deputy used a pool skimmer to guide it toward the deck, then grabbed it out of the water with his bare hands.
"Oh, I got you and you're fine. I know you're super mad," the deputy can be heard saying on his body camera video as he hauled the gator out.
As the reptile thrashed, the deputy continued speaking to it in a calming tone.
"I know you're mad. I know, I know. You're so angry," he said.
Carrying the alligator out of the yard, the deputy told the residents he planned to release it in a pond far from any residential areas.
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office later posted the capture on Facebook, writing: "The alligator wasn't happy its pool time was over or about the ride in the patrol car, but it was buckled in and safely relocated to a nearby pond by Deputy Richardson."
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), nearly all alligators become sexually mature when they reach about 7 feet in length, though females can mature at 6 feet. Females typically need 10 to 15 years to reach this size, while males take 8 to 12 years.
Courtship begins in early April, with mating in May or June. In late June or early July, females build mound nests of soil, vegetation, or debris, where they lay an average of 32 to 46 eggs. Incubation lasts about 63 to 68 days, with hatching occurring from mid-August through early September.
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