More San Mateo rattlers:
Then it was off to the East Coast! First, in Northern Florida, I finally saw my a Gopher Tortoise and got a cool shot of an anole:
Next I spent a week in Georgia working with Loggerhead Sea Turtles and I happened on many other cool herps:
There was a pond filled with 4-8 baby gators that were very fun to watch. They rarely showed any change in behavior due to my presence and I was able to watch them learn how to catch frogs!
Mom always made sure to show herself if we got to close:
Here is what they were after: Southern Leopard Frogs
Then I saw some really neat behavior. A snake I had been dying to see (Black Racer) showed up right on the pond's edge and the baby gators were clearly interested.
One lunged and grabbed the snake by the very tip of the tail. The gator barely had a hold of the snake, but proceeded to drag it into the pond and swim with it:
In the end, the gator realized the snake was too big for it and let it go, practically unharmed.
Here is one final non-herp photo taken from Georgia:
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