Golfers at a Florida course expect sand traps, water hazards and perhaps even an alligator. What they probably didn’t expect was a flock of turkeys following one of these large reptiles.
A video went viral on social media this week showing a large alligator’s odd entourage as it wandered onto a fairway at St. Johns Golf Club in Florida — a gang of turkeys.
See video of an alligator completely ignoring a large gang of turkeysHow many alligators are in Florida?
Alligators can be found in all 67 of Florida’s counties, as well as in nine other states.
Florida has an estimated 1.3 million alligators, according to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Alligator attacks are rare in Florida despite recent spate of incidents
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An alligator in Florida as photographed by Owen Lauer, who runs the Living With Gators Instagram page. (Provided by Owen Lauer)
See the alligator nuisance hotline
If you encounter an alligator that is believed to pose a threat to people, pets or property, call the FWC’s Nuisance Alligator Hotline, toll‐free at 1‐866‐FWC‐GATOR (392‐4286).
The FWC’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program uses contracted nuisance alligator trappers statewide to remove alligators 4 feet or longer that are believed to pose a threat.
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This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Watch a gang of turkeys corral a gator on a Florida golf course