Usually, you would expect to catch an alligator chewing on their prey. But in this case, the gator was chewing on a squeak toy! Suddenly, the nickname “swamp puppy” has never felt so accurate.

Capturing an alligator is no easy feat, let alone one that's 8 feet long. But a pair of Florida deputies and a wildlife official recently made it look easy in a wrangling that was captured on video.

An 8-foot alligator decided it wanted to say hello! ... “Over the weekend, this 8-foot swamp puppy showed up on a Bonita Springs residents doorstep!” the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

Florida officials wrangled and safely relocated an 8-foot alligator that was found lurking in a resident's front yard. ... this 8-foot swamp puppy showed up on a Bonita Springs resident's doorstep!

A fearless Florida woman jumped on top of an alligator and pried its jaws open to save her beloved dog from being attacked during their nightly stroll. Kim Spencer and her pooch, Kona, were on an ...