I think he is a Magnificent looking gator and sara I really would not be using him to scrap my shoes on lol and I think his skin looks better on him :)
I am really impressed with this guy. He is so patient. He will come and wait for people to come feed him. I saw him put back a rack of ribs. I think he is close to 15 feet long. There were others in water but they won't come all the way up to where big daddy was. He will make this hissing noise through his nose if you take to long to give him something else to eat.