Alligator in Florida Pictured with Top Half of Its Jaw Missing: 'Very Shocking'

Alligator found with top half of its jaw missing in Florida.Photo:Eustacia Kanter Eustacia Kanter An alligator in Florida is garnering attention after it was spotted with the top half of its jaw missing. Eustacia Kanter told PEOPLE she took a photo of the alligator at Wilson’s Landing Park in Sanford, Florida, on Aug. 29. Katrina Shadix then shared the photo onFacebook, hoping to get the alligator medical assistance, writing, “Is anyone in the area that can HELP this poor alligator?

Alligator Pulled from Lake in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Is 'Too Weak to Eat on Its Own'

The alligator — nicknamed Godzilla.Photo: Bronx Zoo The 4-foot-long alligatorpulled from a lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Parkon Sunday is “too weak and unresponsive to eat on its own.” An X-ray taken during a medical evaluation at the zoo showed the animal, estimated to be between 5 and 6 years old, had ingested a four-inch wide bathtub stopper before her rescue. “The alligator is currently in too weakened a condition to attempt removal of the stopper,” the statement from the zoo said.

Alligator Spotted in New Jersey Lake Still at Large After a Week of Eluding Authorities

Large alligator lounges in the sun along a lagoon in South Carolina.Photo:Getty Getty A New Jersey lake became the unlikely home of analligator, sparking a police investigation and search for the elusive reptile. On Aug. 23, police officers from the Middlesex Borough Police Department were dispatched to Victor Crowell Park in Middlesex, New Jersey, to capture the alligator after it was spotted in the park. The officers planned to remove “the potentially dangerous species of non-indigenous reptile, which is capable of inflicting serious or fatal injuries,“according to a Facebook post from the police department, but were unable to apprehend the animal.

Alligator with Large Knife in Its Head Spotted in Texas Lake

Photo: Erin Weaver/ Facebook An alligator swimming around with a large knife in its head is causing concern in a neighborhood outside of Houston. “I saw him swimming and then I saw him turn, like swimming towards me, and I saw something sticking out of his head,” Weaver told the outlet. “It looked like a steak knife that was sticking out of his head. I don’t know if it was in his eye, but it looked, if it wasn’t in his eye it was very close to his eye.

Alligator Wrangled Out of Pond Behind Michigan Junior High School

Photo: Getty School’s back in session at Bedford Junior High School in Temperance, Michigan; and there was a surprising new student this year. Staff at the school did not try to wrestle the reptile out of the pond themselves, instead they “contacted the proper agencies and experts to assist with its removal,” Bedford Junior High Schoolposted on Facebookon Thursday, including a warning to stay away from the pond until the toothy culprit was caught.