SEE IT: Alligators and sharks roaming neighborhoods pursuing Hurricane Ian

Jenny Goldsberry

September 30, 01:36 PM September 30, 01:36 PM

As Hurricane Ian rages on in Florida, its wildlife is getting transported with it.

Posts across social media have captured alligators and even a shark in flooded neighborhoods. A single user posted a picture of an alligator swimming as a result of a flooded house in Florida throughout the hurricane.

A different captured a gator floating down a flooded community street.

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A single alligator was noticed on the beach front in the vicinity of Pensacola Bay Bridge, dipping into some ocean drinking water. Alligators are freshwater creatures by character.

Fort Myers observed a shark thrashing around one particular of its neighborhoods that flooded.

1 gentleman recorded an alligator wandering his neighborhood from within his dwelling, citing it as the cause he wouldn't evacuate. A different girl photographed an alligator laying out on her driveway after the hurricane experienced presently passed.

Florida's Wildlife Commission noted 442 unprovoked chunk incidents from alligators among 1948 to 2021, with 26 resulting in fatalities. During a two-7 days period of time in July, the state saw three independent alligator attacks. Alligators are located in every single one of the state's 67 counties.

"Try to remember, hardly ever feed an alligator and maintain your distance if you see one," the Wildlife Fee endorses on its site. "Swim only in designated swimming places in the course of daylight hrs. And hold pets on a leash and away from the drinking water."