Photo Of The Day: May 12, 2008

One thing you have to be careful of in Miami is alligators. As Jesse Kennon, head of Coopertown Airboat Tours says, if there's water in Miami, it either has an alligator in it, it had an alligator in it, or it will have an alligator in it. Jesse was kind enough to take me on a private airboat tour of the Everglades, using the actual boat used in the intro of CSI: Miami. In case you're wondering, his boats were the ones also used in the old Gentle Ben and Flipper TV series, for which he was a full time consultant. Within minutes of our trip into the Everglades, we came across this 'gator, who came right up to the boat. If you ever wonder why those seats on the boats are so high, well, now you know. For more pictures of animals, visit Paul Scharff Photography.com.