When you go into the surf at Galveston, you need to be aware of a few things – riptides were particularly strong this past weekend, for example, and you know that you will share the water with crabs, seaweed and the occasional shark or Portuguese man-of-war.
What you don’t expect to see swimming alongside you is an alligator.
This five-foot gator was found last Sunday at Bermuda Beach on the west end of the island. Bathers called 9-1-1, and a game warden came and got him. The gator was removed and released somewhere on the mainland.
Biologist Lindsey Howell researches sea turtle nests along the Texas coast, and says she comes across alligators washed out by the rivers or perhaps looking to get rid of parasites, before they end up on the beach. "Typically, I find them on the Bolivar Peninsula, washed ashore over there. They're sunning themselves, they're trying to warm up. That, or they're injured or ill and they're looking for where they came from, back for their fresh water."
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