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Shared Moment: No Vacancy

A photographer captures an image of an alligator pausing for a rest stop on top of a turtle

  • Photograph by George Sanker
  • PhotoZone
  • May 25, 2016

AH, THE INDIGNITY of being mistaken for a bump on a log. While canoeing along Florida’s , photographer saw an ʹappƽ̨n alligator approach a log occupied by a sunning . Anticipating “an interaction,” Sanker watched as the alligator nonchalantly climbed aboard. Clearly “uncomfortable,” the turtle eventually pushed off and swam away, says Sanker. “The alligator just wanted that spot.”


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