Only the alligator's head and part of its back are visible above the water when an alligator swims at the surface. This makes it easier for an alligator to approach its prey undetected. Foods an alligator may eat include fish, turtles, mammals, birds, dead animals and other alligators. Alligators basking on a canal bank near H. P. Williams Roadside Park. A drive along this dirt road takes you through mostly open prairie interspersed with slash pine and along canals frequented by birds and alligators.
Epiphytes receive their nourishment from falling organic debris and rainfall trapped by the plant.
White duck potato flowers grow on stalks above the plants elliptical leaves. Leaves are typically 4 inches wide and up to 2 feet long. Duck potato commonly grows in marshes , swamps and calm waters throughout Florida and generally blooms in all but the fall months. While we walked along Turner River Road, just before the Concho Billy Trail, we first heard and then saw this pig frog. Pig frogs can grow to over 5-inches long and are almost always found in or near water.