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Florida is home to around 2,000 wіɩd crocodiles.
“There he was right there on the shoreline looking right at me. He almost didn’t look real. He was huge,” Clark told F&S. “I couldn’t pull myself away. It was so interesting, and I knew it was probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
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Croczilla is estimated to be 14 feet long.
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“As a Floridian, I see alligators all the time. They are very common, but crocodiles are not so common,” says Clark.
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“You can only see them in the southernmost part of Florida. And in fact, the only place I’ve ever spotted crocodiles was at Everglades National Park.”