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Up close and personal!  Wally is the master of snappy repartee.  I found him  to be an interesting, informative, albeit toothy interview.

Wally has made his peace with the rapid growth of SW Florida.  So much so, that you are as likely now to find Wally hanging out pool side, on a Cape Coral lanai with his two legged buddies, as you are to find him prowling the 'Glades with his kith and kin.

   But Wally is much more than just a talking head!  He is the personification of the 
   sometimes uneasy truce between reptile and man.  A truce that has to be maintained when 
   both man and gator are intent upon surviving in the same small corner of paradise.
      

Gotcha!  Wally is quite the practical joker.  He loves to sneak up on his friends and catch them by surprise!  In this photo, Wally is regaling me with his "take" on the ear biting incident that occurred in the Holyfield, Tyson face off.  Then,  just as suddenly,  going into Marc Anthony's soliloquy in Shakespeare's; Julius Caesar. "Friend's!  Romans!  Countrymen!   Lend me your ears!"

     "I love the smell of sun-screen in the morning!" Wally jokes.  Always looking for ways to make
     his friends laugh.  Even if the laughter is of the nervous variety.

On a more serious note;  Wally categorically denies that Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida is of the Gator family.

"We only go after what we need to survive." Wally pointed out.

"The only thing that I can think of that Jeb Bush and Gators have in common is that we are both bottom feeders." Wally stated.

"He might be a snapping turtle." Wally opined.     "But if so, he is one that is not indigenous to the area.  He might be one of them transplanted Texas snappers, that grew so big, and mean that his owner's released him into the local environment.  But what's a gator to do?" Lamented Wally.

Wally and Mikey bonding, as only two Florida swamp critters can that have decided not to place each other on the menu.