Multiple videos and photos are appearing to show that it's a gator-eat-gator world in Florida.
Videos and photos from Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida, show different instances of large alligators chomping down on much smaller ones.
According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, this is nothing new.
"It's typical alligator behavior," Florida Fish and Wildlife officer Gary Morse told WTVT. "They are cannibalistic at times."
One video, taken by Alex Figueroa, captures what he said is a 11-to-12-foot alligator eating a smaller alligator during his morning walk Wednesday.
Another video and a series of photos, taken photographer Andrew Lilyquist in the same reserve, shows the same incident.
"My heart was racing. I just saw that big head and I said OK this is going to be great," he said. "He was huge. When he crossed the trail there was some of him on both sides."
WFTS reported that Octavia Heart recorded a bigger alligator fight on Sunday at the reserve.
"He was just fighting him, eating him, and splashing him around," Heart said.
The Huffington Post reported that although these videos were taken at different times, they may have involved the same gator.
Morse said alligators typically take an animal and hide it somewhere for a week to two weeks until it gets soft enough to tear apart.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said alligators are generally more active the warmer the weather. Mating season, in which male gators are more aggressive, is from March until June.
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