An American Alligator surfaces through a carpet of duckweed with its jaws open and prey caught between its teeth. 🐊
Floating plants cling to its armored head as it holds its meal above the water.
📍 Near Grackle Pond, Houston Audubon’s Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX
📸 Canon EOS R6 Mark III + RF 200-800mm
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