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Despite nearby signs warning in two languages not to feed or approach alligators, Roy Garber, of Pembroke, N. H., feeds and tries to touch an American alligator on the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff

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Despite nearby signs warning in two languages not to feed or approach alligators, Roy Garber, of Pembroke, N. H., feeds and tries to touch an American alligator on the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff

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  • An American alligator comes to the shore of the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Eastern Collier County. The alligator approached cars as they stopped along the canal. David Albers/Staff
  • An American alligator sits in the canal next to the boardwalk at the Big Cypress National Preserve Oasis Visitor Center along US 41 on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. David Albers/Staff
  • Despite nearby signs warning in two languages not to feed or approach alligators, Roy Garber, of Pembroke, N. H., feeds and tries to touch an American alligator on the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff
  • Despite nearby signs warning in two languages not to feed or approach alligators, Roy Garber, of Pembroke, N. H., feeds and tries to touch an American alligator on the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff
  • An American alligator comes to the shore of the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Eastern Collier County. David Albers/Staff
  • Tourists step out of their rental car to view an American alligator that approached from the canal when they drove up along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Eastern Collier County. David Albers/Staff
  • A group of participants in the Everglades Day Safari tour step of their tour bus to look at American alligators near the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff
  • An American alligator sits in the canal next to the boardwalk at the Big Cypress National Preserve Oasis Visitor Center along US 41 on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. David Albers/Staff
  • A sign near Burns Lake warns against feeding or approaching alligators in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff
  • An American alligator sits along the canal next to the boardwalk at the Big Cypress National Preserve Oasis Visitor Center along US 41 on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. David Albers/Staff
  • A group of tourists watch an American alligator on the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff
  • Vantastic Tours Everglades Adventures tour guide Billy Oliver, of Goodland, talks to tourists near some American alligators on the shore of the canal along Turner River Road in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Eastern Collier County. David Albers/Staff
  • A sign near the canal along Turner River Road warns against feeding or approaching alligators in the Big Cypress National Preserve on Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Eastern Collier County. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, 19 humans were bitten by alligators in Florida in 2009, 11 of which were provoked. David Albers/Staff

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