Florida is home to 1.3 million alligators, an animal that is no doubt dangerous, but one that has become a central part of the state's identity. Here, a man wrestles an alligator at the Gatorland theme park in Orlando in 2000.
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An alligator basks in the sun while a PGA Tour golf tournament takes place in Palm Harbor, Florida, in 2010.
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A fan wears an alligator belt buckle during a University of Florida football game in 2013. The university's sports teams are called the Gators.
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Alligator heads are displayed at the Gatorland gift shop in 2000.
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Gatorland bills itself as the Alligator Capital of the World, with thousands of gators that people can see.
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People walk past Gatorland's signature entrance in 2004.
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A man wrestles an alligator underwater at the Reptile Institute in Silver Springs, Florida.
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A University of Florida fan wears a gator hat at a football game in 2005.
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A resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, watches an alligator walk in a gated community in 2000.
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A man pulls an alligator out of the water at an alligator farm in Miami in 1938.
