"According to the National Zoo, people looking to encounter the American alligator might want to head to the southeast. The zoo's website lists the alligator's habitat as ranging from "the northern coasts of North Carolina to Lake Worth in central Texas." That doesn't mean that these creatures can't be found elsewhere, though - something some Washington, D.C. residents now know very well."
"That's because an alligator, albeit a small one, turned up in a body of water connected to the Potomac River on Thursday. As Juan Benn Jr. reported for The Washington Post, local authorities first caught sight of the alligator in the Washington Channel that day, alerting area residents of its presence. Eventually, one nearby resident was able to catch the alligator using a net."
"This isn't the only instance of an alligator showing up in places where alligators aren't traditionally found. In 2023, an underfed alligator surfaced in Brooklyn, New York; locals also found the remains of an alligator in Martha's Vineyard earlier this summer. In other cases, the appearance of alligators is more understandable, as was the case in Pennsylvania, where a Walmart recently prohibited one man from bringing his emotional support alligator back into the store."
People seeking American alligators typically find them in the southeast, from the northern coasts of North Carolina to Lake Worth, Texas. A small, approximately two-foot alligator appeared in the Washington Channel, a water body connected to the Potomac River, where local authorities and residents alerted others and one resident captured it with a net. Animal control took the alligator into custody and arrangements will send it to an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania. Other atypical alligator sightings have occurred recently, including an underfed alligator in Brooklyn and alligator remains found in Martha's Vineyard. One man was recently barred from bringing an emotional support alligator into a Pennsylvania Walmart.
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