Video taken by Kelly Alvarez shows the adult alligator chomping down on a baby alligator in Shark Valley Everglades National Park on Sunday, May 11, as two young gators watch nearby. A tour guide ...

Two Tallahassee residents have been accused of catching a baby alligator in Lake Talquin and keeping it alive in a cooler to eat later at home, according to an investigative report released this week.

Two Tallahassee residents have been accused of catching a baby alligator in Lake Talquin and keeping it alive in a cooler to eat later at home, according to an investigative report released this week.

The website added: "...A little gator-on-gator cannibalism may help keep their populations stable." Update 10/1/21, 11 a.m. ET: This article was updated with comment, video and a photo from Soper.

“From the time a female lays the egg until the time an alligator is about four years old, they are in constant survival mode. Everything eats baby alligators, as well as eggs,” Gary explained.

ALLENWOOD — The baby alligator found in a Lehigh County sewage treatment plant is eating and doing well at Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland, where it is now residing. “It seems to be recovering ...