@gulfcoastnewsnow: A five-foot alligator was seen swimming off the shore of Sanibel Island last Friday, while beachgoers were still in the water.

Northerncedar :

It is a salt water crocodile. It lives in salt water

Avery :

I am really concerned that so many people are adamant this is a crocodile…

emerald.waters541 :

In its home so what’s the big

SOLO-SQUID 🦑 :

Zoology major here that’s a tortoise

jasmine kelly :

Yall not from Florida and it shows it’s definitely an alligator 😭😭

BucK202119 :

By the look of his pants, he is extremely afraid of alligators.

𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖌𝖔 :

He was js enjoying a day at the beach

aquababy63 :

Is No-one going to mention the wet shorts 😂 while he is in a raising leg position

Amy H :

That’s a crocodile. 🙄

graveyardguyy :

Florida crocodile 🐊

Adnauseam :

That's a croc.

Mei :

Once in a while? That’s their home bro

Matt Corry :

Everyone saying a croc , it’s a gator look how round his nose is 🐊

Fixed on Failure :

They saw it later, so it’s an alligator. After a while there was a crocodile though.

thelegend171 :

it told me it would see me later. ..therefore it's a gator

KratomDangers :

Looks like a crocodile 🐊

🇺🇲PapaSquat🇺🇲 :

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he was just tryna enjoy the beach’s like us

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Alligator like I bet you won’t come in 🤣

Missguided013 :

That’s just a friendly little guy - Floridians worry about sharks 🦈

MizzWelch :

No no no no no!!!!

Matt_T :

I was at Bonita beach a couple months ago and saw a MUCH bigger gator swimming about 20 yards from me.

Josh Prock :

This brought the news crew out…..?

A-Crowe518 :

Thats a crocodile not an alligator

Moonchild75 :

ok. ut i thought that is a crockodile. not an alligator