Gator-aid!

An 8-foot-long alligator lurking through a Florida storm drain got stuck Friday and had to be rescued.

The reptile's head was wedged in a Largo, Fla. roadside drain when county deputies and officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrived, according to a news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

A passerby noticed the beast and called authorities. Bystanders and officers helped pull the creature from the drain -- which was only a few blocks from a local elementary school.

The gator was transported to an alligator farm near Dover, Fla. after wildlife officials made sure it wasn't injured.

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In the past year, alligators have turned up across the country in places stranger than a storm drain.

Most recently, authorities in Northern California said they found an alligator, "Mr. Teeth," guarding 34 pounds of marijuana. Last April, a 6-foot gator allegedly showed up at the front door of a Super 8 Motel in Louisiana and bit a guest.

But not everyone is terrified of the snappers -- In September, baby alligator pool parties became a birthday trend in Florida.

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  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) eats meat in a pond in San Manuel, Cortes department, 200 Km north of Tegucigalpa on October 17, 2012. Private entrepreneurs started the raising of crocodriles to export their skin and meat to the United States and Europe.

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    In this photo taken Sept. 4, 2011 photo, residents gather around a huge crocodile, later named "Lolong," following its capture by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province in southern Philippines. The 1-ton crocodile, measuring 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) and proclaimed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In this Sunday Sept. 4, 2011 file photo, police and residents pose with the now deceased crocodile, "Lolong," following its capture by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province in southern Philippines. The 1-ton crocodile, measuring 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) and proclaimed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In this Sept. 6, 2011 photo, "Lolong," the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity according to the Guinness World Records, rests in his pen, two days after being captured by residents and staff of a crocodile farm along a creek in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province in southern Philippines. The saltwater male crocodile, measuring 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In this Sept. 4, 2011 file photo, residents watch as Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan township, Agusan del Sur province, pretends to measure a huge crocodile, later named "Lolong," after its capture by residents and staff of a crocodile farm along a creek in Bunawan in southern Philippines. The saltwater male crocodile, measuring 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) and proclaimed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A worker places blocks of ice around "Lolong," the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity according to the Guinness World Records, as they wait for its autopsy Monday Feb. 11, 2013 at Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province in southern Philippines. The crocodile, measuring 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) and weighing more than a ton, died Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 17 months after its capture by crocodile farm staff and some residents of this township. The southern Philippine town plans to hold funeral rites for the world's largest saltwater crocodile and then preserve its remains in a museum to keep tourists coming and prevent their community from slipping back into obscurity, the town's mayor said Monday. (AP Photo/Erwin Mascarinas)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A worker puts ice blocks at the remains of the 6.17 metre long saltwater crocodile named 'Lolong' on February 11, 2013, in the town of Bunawan, Agusan del Sur province on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. The world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the southern Philippines, 17 months after it was captured and displayed in a small pond, his caretakers said February 11.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    This photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 shows a couple of the recaptured crocodiles back safely on the farm they escaped from, at Pontdrif, South Africa, near the Botswana border. About 7,000 of the creatures escaped when the gates on a dam were opened this week to alleviate pressure created by rising flood waters. About 2,000 had been recaptured Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Video from the scene shows people hunting down the small-ish crocs at night, tying them up and taking them back to the Rakwena Crocodile Farm, in northern South Africa. The farm, which didn't respond to an email or calls seeking comment, used to hold 15,000 crocodiles (AP Photo)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    Hundreds of 18 month-old crocodiles (Crocodylus Acutus) remain in a pond in San Manuel, Cortes department, 200 Km north of Tegucigalpa on October 17, 2012. Private entrepreneurs started the raising of crocodriles to export their skin and meat to the United States and Europe.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A man holds a 18 month-old crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) in San Manuel, Cortes department, 200 Km north of Tegucigalpa on October 17, 2012. Private entrepreneurs started the raising of crocodriles to export their skin and meat to the United States and Europe.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A man cleans crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) skin at a farm in San Manuel, Cortes department, 200 Km north of Tegucigalpa on October 17, 2012. Private entrepreneurs started the raising of crocodriles to export their skin and meat to the United States and Europe.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A very old crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus), more than 100 years according local people, turns in a pond in San Manuel, Cortes department, 200 Km north of Tegucigalpa on October 17, 2012. Private entrepreneurs started the raising of crocodriles to export their skin and meat to the United States and Europe.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03: Rex, one of the world's largest crocodiles sits in the water prior to being fed at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo on October 3, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The 700kg crocodile ate his first meal today, after three months in hibernation. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03: Rex, one of the world's largest crocodiles sits in the water prior to being fed at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo on October 3, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The 700kg crocodile ate his first meal today, after three months in hibernation. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03: Rex, one of the world's largest crocodiles eats beef ribs at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo on October 3, 2012 in Sydney, Australia, after three months in hibernation. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A 700 kilogram crocodile called Rex - who is one of the world’s largest crocodiles - cruises around his enclosure after receiving his first feed after emerging from three months of hibernation at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo on October 3, 2012. Throughout winter, it is common for crocodiles to enter a period of inactivity where they survive on their existing energy stores inside their body but once the weather starts warming up, so does their appetite – to indicate their need to replenish their energy. Rex, who has been a resident of WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo since 2009, was a so-called ‘rogue’ crocodile who was captured and placed into a crocodile farm near Darwin in the Northern Territory when his taste for local pet dogs drew him too close to the human population.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A 700 kilogram crocodile called Rex - who is one of the world’s largest crocodiles - cruises around his enclosure after receiving his first feed after emerging from three months of hibernation at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo on October 3, 2012. Throughout winter, it is common for crocodiles to enter a period of inactivity where they survive on their existing energy stores inside their body but once the weather starts warming up, so does their appetite – to indicate their need to replenish their energy. Rex, who has been a resident of WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo since 2009, was a so-called ‘rogue’ crocodile who was captured and placed into a crocodile farm near Darwin in the Northern Territory when his taste for local pet dogs drew him too close to the human population.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In a picture taken on June 20, 2012, an albino Philippine crocodile swims at an enclosure at the Manila Zoo. The historic Manila Zoo, once a major attraction of the Philippines, now finds itself the target of criticism for the condition of its animals, particularly its 'star', an elephant named Mali.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    FLORIDA CITY, FL - JUNE 28: A crocodile is seen in a canal near the Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant where they protect the crocodile and conduct research by counting their nests annually to record population changes June 28, 2012 near Florida City, Florida. Wasilewski, a biologist, studies the reptile and helps in developing and constructing the American crocodile nesting habitat near the power plant. The American crocodile had been on the endangered species list but has been taken off that list and put on the threatened list. With the success of the program to help save the crocodile their populations around developed areas will continue to grow which means that there may be more encounters between humans and the reptile. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    FLORIDA CITY, FL - JUNE 28: A crocodile hatchling is seen before it is release it into a canal near the Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant where they protect the crocodile and conduct research by counting their nests annually to record population changes June 28, 2012 near Florida City, Florida. Wasilewski, a biologist, studies the reptile and helps in developing and constructing the American crocodile nesting habitat near the power plant. The American crocodile had been on the endangered species list but has been taken off that list and put on the threatened list. With the success of the program to help save the crocodile their populations around developed areas will continue to grow which means that there may be more encounters between humans and the reptile. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In a picture taken on June 20, 2012, an albino Philippine crocodile swims at an enclosure at the Manila Zoo. The historic Manila Zoo, once a major attraction of the Philippines, now finds itself the target of criticism for the condition of its animals, particularly its 'star', an elephant named Mali.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    This photograph taken on June 4, 2012 shows an Indonesian wildlife specialist checking over a crocodile rescued from an abandoned zoo, upon its arrival at the Kalaweit sanctuary in Pararawen village, run by French environmentalist Aurélien Brulé. For 15 years Aurelien Brule has lived in the Indonesian jungle, crusading against palm oil multinationals, loggers and corruption in his bid to save endangered gibbons from annihilation.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A picture taken on April 12, 2012 shows a white albino alligator at the Alligator Bay zoological park in Beauvoir, western France. Three albino alligators, two female and a male coming from the US, arrived at the park, joining the 200 alligators and crocodiles shown in their recreated natural environment, inside a tropical greenhouse.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A picture taken on April 12, 2012 shows a white albino alligator at the Alligator Bay zoological park in Beauvoir, western France. Three albino alligators, two female and a male coming from the US, arrived at the park, joining the 200 alligators and crocodiles shown in their recreated natural environment, inside a tropical greenhouse.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A picture taken on April 12, 2012 shows a white albino alligator at the Alligator Bay zoological park in Beauvoir, western France. Three albino alligators, two female and a male coming from the US, arrived at the park, joining the 200 alligators and crocodiles shown in their recreated natural environment, inside a tropical greenhouse. AFP PHOTO CHARLY TRIBALLEAU

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A picture taken on April 12, 2012 shows a white albino alligator at the Alligator Bay zoological park in Beauvoir, western France. Three albino alligators, two female and a male coming from the US, arrived at the park, joining the 200 alligators and crocodiles shown in their recreated natural environment, inside a tropical greenhouse.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    This photo taken on December 22, 2011 shows reptile keeper Billy Collett offering a 5kg salmon adorned in Christmas decorations to 'Elvis' the five-metre-long saltwater crocodile at the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. On December 28 'Elvis', who has already killed two potential mates, attacked staff with a lawn mower inside his enclosure. A rescue mission was mounted a few hours later to retrieve the mower, which the huge crocodile had dragged underwater.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    Australian zoologist Adam Britton (L) measures a captive crocodile in Bunawan town, Agusan del Sur province, in the Philippines southern island of Mindanao on November 9, 2011. A small Philippine town on Novemer 9 laid claim to having the world's largest captive crocodile after an Australian expert measured the saltwater beast at 20.3 feet (6.187 metres). The male reptile was captured in Bunawan in the Agusan marsh on the southern island of Mindanao in September and measured on Wednesday by Australian zoologist Adam Britton, Bunawan town council member Apollo Canoy said.

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In this photo taken on September 21, 2011, Lolong, a one-tonne (6.4-metre) 21-foot crocodile believed to be the biggest to have ever been caught, is seen in a caged pen in the southern Philippine town of Bunawan. Deep inside the Philippines' largest marshland, tribespeople who once revered crocodiles as mystical creatures say they now feel terrorised by them. AFP PHOTO / JAY DIRECTO

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    In this photo released by the Alameda County Sheriffs office, an alligator named "Mr. Teeth" is seen after it was discovered in a home in Castro Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Authorities say the alligator, apparently used to protect a stash of marijuana inside the home, has been taken to a zoo. When deputies entered Assif Mayar's home on Wednesday for a probation check, they found 34 pounds of marijuana and the five-foot alligator in a tank in the bedroom. (AP Photo/Alameda County Sheriffs)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    Rob Neil poses with the 12-foot alligator he caught on Sept. 12, 2012 in the Intracoastal Waterway in Bourg, La. Neil sold the gator to Big Al's restaurant in Houma. (AP Photo/The Houma Daily Courier, Chris Heller)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    Rob Neil poses with the 12-foot alligator he caught Wednesday morning, Sept. 12, 2012 in the Intracoastal Waterway in Bourg, La. Neil sold the gator to Big Al's restaurant in Houma. (AP Photo/The Houma Daily Courier, Chris Heller)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    One of the crocodiles at Gatorama near Palmdale, Fla. leaps out of the water to grab food from an animal keeper Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. It is the time of year that chirping, grunting and snapping baby alligators emerge from their shells to meet the world. Gatorama is marking this occasion by hosting an “Alligator Hatching Festival” at its animal park. The park got 3233 alligator eggs from this year's harvest of more than 37,000 eggs gathered by state sponsored hunters. In the wild only two percent of the gators will mature but at the park 98% will mature. Visitors to the park can hold a egg in their hands and watch the baby gator being hatched. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A baby alligator merges from its egg shell as it is hatched at Gatorama's "Alligator Hatching Festival" Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012 near Palmdale, Fla. Gatorama officials said it was a very good year for eggs. The animal park got 3,233 alligator eggs from this year's harvest of more than 37,000 eggs gathered by state sponsored hunters. In the wild only two percent of the gators will mature but at the park 98% will mature. Visitors to the park can hold a egg in their hands and watch the baby gator being hatched. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    A turtle rides on an alligator's back at the Summit Garden Zoo in Panama City, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

  • Awesome Gators & Crocs

    An aligator swims in the everglades waters at Holiday Park, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Holiday Park is an eco adventure park located on the edge of the Florida everglades that takes tourists on airboat rides. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)


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  • Giant Cod

    An angler is celebrating after breaking the record for catching the world's biggest ever cod. The mighty fish weighed in at 103lbs, smashing the previous and long-held world record by nearly 5lbs. And the biggest specimen of Britain's favourite eating fish to be pulled out of the water by rod and line was caught by a German. Michael Eisele was on a fishing trip to Norway - the so-called El Dorado of cod fishing - when he snared the whopper.

  • Animals In The News

    Tha Sophat, a 20-month-old Cambodian boy, suckles from a cow in Koak Roka village, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Tha Sophat started suckling the cow in July after he saw a calf do the same since his parents moved to Thailand in search of work, said his grandfather UmOeung.

  • Polydactyl Kittens -- Jan. 2012

    Undated Cats Protection handout photo of 4-month-old polydactyl kittens named Fred (left) and Ned (right), currently in the care of Cats Protection, Gosport Town Branch in the United Kingdom. They will shortly be going to their new home once they've been neutered. Ned has an extra eight digits, while his brother Fred has 10 more than the usual 18, making a total of 54 digits between them.

  • Camel Fight

    Afghan festival-goers watch as a "camel fight" starts during the second day of Persian new year, or "Nowruz," celebrations in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan.

  • Giant Rat

    An English man named Brian Watson killed a large rat his granddaughter's boyfriend found while cutting grass on April 21, <em><a href="http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16213384" target="_hplink">Sky News</a></em> reports. The water rat was so large, Watson broke a boat paddle trying to kill the critter.

  • Elephant in Water Reservoir

    Indian army personnel use a bulldozer during a rescue mission to save a wild elephant trapped in a water reservoir tank at Bengdubi army cantonment area some 25 kms from Siliguri on August 30, 2011. A wild elephant fell into the water reservoir tank as a herd crossed the area. Army personnel of 16 Field Ammunition Depot along with wildlife elephant squad of Mahananda wildlife sanctuary joined forces to save the animal.

  • Britain's Saddest Puppy

    Six-month-old puppy Princess has such delicate skin she can't go outside. While other dogs run free at Britain's Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, Princess must gaze through the window. But this canine, otherwise known as Britain's Saddest Puppy, has become a minor celebrity in the media.

  • Super Egg

    Cookie Smith shows off a normal egg and a "super egg" Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in Abilene, Texas. Cookie Smith went to collect eggs from her three laying hens on Monday afternoon, and discovered one normal egg and one "super egg" in her coop.

  • Animals in the News

    "Shrek," New Zealand's most famous sheep, died in June at the age of 16. This merino wether (a castrated male sheep) came to the world's attention in 2004 when he was found in a cave near the city of Otago after being on the lam for six years. He had managed to avoid capture all that time and when he was finally found, he was carrying nearly 60 lbs of untrimmed fleece, nearly six times more than the average merino fleece.

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  • Two Legged Lamb

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  • Mass For Animals -- Oct. 2011

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  • Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum

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  • Leaping Lemurs

    A group of lemurs encounters a unusual roadblock on the way to their feeding den: a turtle. The lemurs clearly don't want to get into a territorial spat with the creature... so they take turns leaping over it in this photo sequence shot at the Indianapolis Zoo.

  • IKEA Monkey

    Look at that coat! <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/ikea-monkey-toronot_n_2270707.html?1355150852" target="_hplink">This little animal</a> got loose in an IKEA parking lot in Toronto. It was apparently scared, but eventually was reclaimed by its owners who were inside the store when the monkey escaped from its cage.

  • Dog With Man's Face

    Meet Tonik, a poodle-shih tzu mix that is up for adoption at <a href="https://www.homewardboundawg.com/" target="_hplink">Homeward Bound Pet Rescue</a> in Mishawaka, Ind. (Credit:<a href="http://www.petphotosbyrenny.com/" target="_hplink"> Renny Mills Photography</a>)

  • State Trooper Find Baby Deer In Car

    A Washington State Patrol trooper who responded to a report of a deer killed by a truck on Interstate 5 ended up with a 2-month-old fawn in his car. The patrol says when Trooper Scott Brown arrived at the Bellingham scene on Tuesday evening, other deer in the area stayed back but the fawn -- possibly orphaned by the collision -- ran up to him. Trooper Mark Francis says the baby deer nuzzled against Brown and started "mewing."

  • Big Brutus

    Brutus, a giant crocodile, was photographed leaping out of the water in Australia by picture-taker Katrina Bridgeford. The 18-foot long croc is a fan favorite among tourists who take cruises along the Adelaide River as he is known for making a big splash while jumping for buffalo meat.

  • This Little PIggie Has Two Snouts

    This tiny porker has an excuse for making a pig of himself at mealtimes. He really does have two mouths to feed. The bizarre two-month-old youngster -- part of a litter born on a farm in northern China -- can use both his mouths to eat and appears otherwise normal, say his owners.