Things are bigger in Texas, even the graduation photos.

Texas A&M graduate Makenzie Alexis Noland shared graduation photos of her with a 14-foot alligator taken at Gator Country, where she recently interned, according to KTRK.

"Not your typical graduation picture," she wrote Friday with the post.

Noland is graduating with a degree in wildlife ecology, KTRK reported.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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