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Two alligators caught on video brawling on Florida mother’s front porch — just feet from sleeping baby inside

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Two ferocious alligators were caught on video turning a Southwest Florida mother’s enclosed front porch into a bloody battlefield — just feet from where her baby was sleeping inside.

Kayla Burress said she awoke to what she thought was a burglar trying to break into her home in Ave Maria — about 36 miles from Naples — but was left in complete shock when she saw the two large reptiles in violent combat on her screened-in porch, where her children regularly play, WINK reported.

“I never thought that the gators were going to enter my porch,” she told the outlet.

Burress filmed the two beasts as they traded vicious blows while ripping her porch to shreds.

During the fight, the gators slammed each other through the screen enclosure, leaving a trail of blood, shredded mesh and twisted metal behind.

“It definitely looked like they were fighting over territory or something,” the concerned mother said.

“It wasn’t like a mating ritual that I had seen, because there was blood, and it had some hind quarters, like in its jaws, through the door.”

Burress said her baby was sound asleep just feet away behind the wall as the two massive gators tore her porch apart — and that she feels lucky the nightmare didn’t take a turn for the worse.

“It was scary,” she told the outlet, adding that since the incident she has been warning her neighbors to keep a closer eye on what might be creeping on their property.

Kayla Burress said she was left in complete shock when she saw the two large reptiles in violent combat on her screened-in porch.

Kayla Burress said she was left in complete shock when she saw the two large reptiles in violent combat on her screened-in porch. WINK News

Burress filmed the two beasts as they traded vicious blows while ripping her porch to shreds.

Burress filmed the two beasts as they traded vicious blows while ripping her porch to shreds. WINK News

“I just warned everybody else in the neighborhood, like, watch your kids. Watch the dogs. Because it was, it was fast and they were powerful.”

Wildlife experts told WINK that while two gators brawling on a front porch may seem alarming, during mating season — which is in full swing right now — it is far from unheard of.

“Big males are chasing out younger males in competition, and younger males are looking for new habitats,” naturalist and environmental educator Rob Howell said.

During the fight, the gators slammed each other through the screen enclosure, leaving a trail of blood, shredded mesh and twisted metal behind.

During the fight, the gators slammed each other through the screen enclosure, leaving a trail of blood, shredded mesh, and twisted metal behind. WINK News

Howell warned that anyone who spots aggressive alligator behavior should keep their distance and never attempt to intervene.

“They’re going to be on edge because they think their life is at stake — they’re going to do everything they can,” Howell said. “When you trap them, corner them, they’re going to show defensive behaviors and aggressive behaviors.”

The wildlife expert said that because alligators tend to be more territorial and aggressive during mating season, the public should maintain a safe distance from bodies of water in areas with large alligator populations.

Wildlife experts told WINK that while two gators brawling on a front porch may seem alarming, during mating season — which is in full swing right now — it is far from unheard of.

Wildlife experts told WINK that while two gators brawling on a front porch may seem alarming, during mating season, it is far from unheard of. WINK News

Florida is home to an estimated 1.3 million alligators, with a significant chunk of them lurking in Southwest Florida’s lakes, canals and wetlands, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Female alligators can weigh over 200 pounds and grow up to 9 feet, while males can stretch to 13 feet and weigh more than 500 pounds.

Since 1948, Florida has recorded between 450 and 500 documented alligator bites, with only around 30 proving fatal.

Florida’s worst year for gator attacks in the last three decades came in 2023, with 23 documented incidents.

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