Close up of gator with a "turtle tot" dessert

This is the same gator Karin has on her blog.

The enthralled spectators were all torn between pulling for the turtle to escape and pulling for the gator to go ahead and swallow it, already.

Apparently, alligators have gullets, like birds, and can easily grind up a whole turtle, shell and all. The ranger finally made the crowd leave hin alone to his dinner, so we didn't get to see the finale.