
There is a snail on my nose

by Jerry Dalrymple
Title
There is a snail on my nose
Artist
Jerry Dalrymple
Medium
Digital Art - Photography
Description
An alligator's head peeks out from the water, surrounded by floating vegetation and twigs. Notice the red ramshorn snail on his snout. The old timers down here tell me a number of gators have learned this trick. They use the snail to attract birds in hopes of getting a meal of their own.
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November 15th, 2024
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Angela Davies
Never saw an alligator look cute before but this might be it! LF
Jerry Dalrymple replied:
Hey not sure about the cuteness, but I understand what you're saying. I had several old timers Floridians tell me some of them do this on purpose hoping a heron will come along and try to pick it off. Then just like that the gator has a free mean and didn't have to work for it.