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Photo Album: About Guide Vacations
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©2005 Dawn Rosenberg McKay. All rights reserved. |
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Dawn sent me three photos from
her family's trip to the Everglades in December, 2003. She says, "That
trip was so much fun. I can't think of anything we particularly enjoyed more
than anything else. If I had to choose, I guess it would have to be the
wildlife — the birds and gators." (As
evidenced by these photos.) |
| Thank goodness for zoom lens! You wouldn't dare get as close as this seems to a live alligator. You should never get closer than 30 feet to an alligator — farther than that if it hisses or opens its mouth defensively. Alligators lumber along when they drag their tails, but by using what is called a "high walk" — walking on their toes with their tails high in the air — they can actually run up to 30 miles per hour (38 kph) for short distances... just long enough to grab you. | |
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