Bull Gators of Wakulla Springs
Friends Det & Judy Abel visited Wakulla Springs State Park recently and shared the following pictures from that visit. Wakulla Springs State Park preserves the spring that is the life blood of the Wakulla River. Myriad varieties of birds winter in the warm waters welling from deep within the Florida aquifer. Wakulla Springs is one of the world's largest & deepest fresh water springs. The spring has been measured at 14,325 gallons per-second or 1.2 billion gallons per-day.
Tour boat at Wakulla Springs State Park
Det and Judy were touring the spring on a boat like this when they took these pictures. The boat has a glass window (glass bottom) where they can see fish and other things in the spring.
Bull Alligator at Wakulla Springs State Park
Sometimes tourist will say they saw a big gator. Well this is a REAL gator as in a full grown bull-gator probably 10' to 12' in length and 800 to 1,000 pounds.
Close up of large bull alligator at Wakulla Springs State Park
Needless to say, this is a close-up of a very large bull alligator. Good shot Det.
Ancient cypress tree in Wakulla Springs State Park
This is an ancient cypress tree with a massive base that has about rotted away. No matter it is impressive.
Large bull alligator at Wakulla Springs State Park
This large alligator decided to move when the tour boat passed by.
For more information about Wakulla Springs State Park you can check this site: http://www.funandsun.com/parks/Wakulla/wakulla.html
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