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Male and female American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) engaing in courtship behavior. The male is producing his bellow vocalization in the HOTA (head oblique tail arched) position while the female rubs her snout along his entire body, focusing on the throat and muzzle of the male. Photographed in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
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© 2009 Whimbrel Nature Photography / Elijah Goodwin
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Male and female American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) engaing in courtship behavior. The male is producing his bellow vocalization in the HOTA (head oblique tail arched) position while the female rubs her snout along his entire body, focusing on the throat and muzzle of the male. Photographed in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.