Gatorama, Crocodile farm in Palmdale, Florida.
Gatorama is a crocodile farm in Palmdale, Florida, where alligators and crocodiles live in natural enclosures. The facility houses rare white specimens alongside endangered Orinoco crocodiles from different regions.
The facility was founded in 1957 by Cecil Clemons, who initially collected local alligators and later acquired wild crocodiles from Jamaica in the 1960s. These early collections formed the foundation of the operation.
In late August, Gatorama holds its annual Gator Hatchling Festival, where visitors can hold an alligator egg while it hatches. The park also runs a daily feed show, free with admission, in which keepers hand-feed alligators from the front bridge. Visitors may hold baby alligators and pythons, and adults can try the "Fast Hands Challenge" to feed an adult alligator.
The daily feed show is free with admission; keepers hand-feed alligators from the front bridge, and visitors watch from there. Adult participants can try the Fast Hands Challenge to feed an adult alligator. The park also works with Florida Fish and Wildlife's SNAP program to rehome nuisance alligators.
Gatorama is one of only six alligator farms in the United States open to the public as an attraction, and it works with Florida Fish and Wildlife's Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program to rehome nuisance alligators. It also keeps an exhibit for the critically endangered Orinoco crocodile.
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