TAMARAC, Fla. — Another "snapping" Florida gator was spotted on the side of the road, but this one had a reason to be upset – it was injured, authorities said.
An 8-foot-alligator was found "resting on the median" in Tamarac on Sunday. The reptile was "badly hurt and visibly bleeding," according to WPLG.
Something you won't see at the NYPD - an eight-foot alligator crossing the road. We're not sure where he was headed, but #BSO deputies kept him company till a trapper arrived.
Posted by Broward Sheriff's Office on Monday, April 24, 2017
"It appeared that maybe it was hit by a car, because it had some road rash from the nose up its spine," Sgt. Will Medina from the Broward Sheriff’s Office told WPLG.
After a nine-minute struggle, the trapper captured the gator “and gave it a kiss on the snout,” WPLG reported.
Last week, another "snapping" gator was blocking traffic, That 8-foot gator was spotted in Tampa.
Read more at WPLG.
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