The military guards and fortified gates that keep intruders out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville didn't stop an alligator from scaling a roadside fence Saturday morning.

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Christina Stewart stopped to film the gator as it clawed its way up a fence before belly-flopping onto the grass and continuing on its way.

Officials with NAS Jacksonville said they don't plan on removing the alligator from the base unless he poses a danger to residents.

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A conceptual rendering of a planned permanent exhibit space to be built on the second floor at Fernbank Musuem. The "Changing Earth" exhibit will be the largest of three renovations planned at Fernbank and will replace the "A Walk Through Time in Georgia" exhibit. (Courtesy of Fernbank Museum)

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