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Florida Scoop · Aug 9, 2026

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A Florida tour guide who is definitely used to alligators gave his clients some perfect shots when he lured one over to their boat and even got it to “smile." Video here, from Scottish tourist Eve Wishart, shows the man luring the alligator over, and telling it to smile. He even leans over to pat the gator’s snout, prompting it to open its jaws wide. Wishart said she joined the expedition in the Florida Everglades, and told Storyful she was “amazed and nervous watching it happen.” “I’d never seen anyone interact with a wild alligator like that before,” she said. Definitely a move to leave to the experts!

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