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WATCH YOUR STEP. THAT’S THE WARNING FROM GATORLAND THIS MORNING AS MORE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. WE KNOW FLORIDA IS NO STRANGER TO SNAKES OR ALLIGATORS, AND YOU COULD BUMP INTO THEM ON A NATURE WALK. WESH 2’S MEGAN MELLADO FOUND OUT -- MELLADO SHOWS US WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HAVE A SAVING COUNTER. >> WELL, THIS IS AN AMERICAN ALLIGATOR. EVEN THOUGH THIS ONE IS ONLY ABOUT 2.5 FEET LONG, THEY CAN GET UP TO 12 TO 14 FEET LONG AND WEIGH UP TO 1000 POUNDS. >> HIS NAME IS HAMMER, AND HAMMER IS AN AMERICAN ALLIGATOR. ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS AT -- >> ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS AT GATORLAND, AMERICAN ALLIGATORS ARE THE ONES YOU MIGHT BE SEEING ALONG YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAIL, ESPECIALLY IF THERE’S WATER NEARBY. THEY SAY ALLIGATORS ARE PARTICULARLY OUT AND ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT’S MATING SEASON. >> ALL THE BIG GUYS ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT THE LADIES, SO THERE ARE LOTS OF ALLIGATORS AROUND AND THEY’RE ALSO ON THE MOVE, TRYING TO FIND GIRLFRIENDS, TRYING TO FIND BOYFRIENDS, SO NOW IS PROBABLY THE TIME YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ALLIGATORS THE MOST. >> AND IF YOU DO SEE ONE, ADMIRE THEM FROM AFAR. >> TAKE PICTURES FROM FAR AWAY, JUST DON’T GET CLOSE TO THEM BY ALL MEANS, DON’T FEED THEM. >> WHEN IT COMES TO SNAKES, GATORLAND EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE 55 SPECIES IN FLORIDA, 6 OF THOSE ARE VENOMOUS. THE MOST COMMON IN OUR AREA ARE BLACK RACERS, RAT SNAKES, PIGMY RATTLESNAKES AND THE COTTON MOUTH SNAKE, ALSO KNOWN AS A WATER MOCCASIN. VENOMOUS OR NOT, THEY CAN ALL BITE, SO REGARDLESS OF WHICH ONE YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS, IT’S BEST TO NOT BOTHER IT. >> IF YOU HAPPEN TO FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU GET BIT BY A VENOMOUS SNAKE, DIAL 911. GET AHOLD OF AUTHORITIES, GET YOURSELF TO THE HOSPITAL AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, GE

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