His name is big Al he is friendly.He ws hand raised and is 18 years old.He is well taken care of and well fed or i would not get so close.You are anyone that gets near him is still part of the food chain.
I would rassel him down and pull that bottom jawbone out before he knew what hit him! Then i would go ahead and carve myself a new wallet out while i was there!
In all seriousness, I would play with him... I would stand outside the cage and chunk Chicken Nuggets at him!! I think it would be hard to turn with a hook hand!
There is a pet shop in OKC that has a few Gators. In fact, the name of the shop is "Alligator Alley". Wow, I just realized, In a couple of weeks, I will be at the REAL Alligator Alley!!!
A guy here in New Port Richey Florida just got chumped on by a gator about 2 weeks a go. It was at a fair he was wrestling the gator and the gator won. He was Lucky and still has an arm. It took a whole bunch of stitches to sow it back on.