St Augustine ~ Alligator Farm & More
Alligators and other animals at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoo.
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Man bitten by alligator after breaking into St. Augustine Alligator Farm.
Man bitten by alligator after breaking into St. Augustine Alligator Farm. (WJXX)
Alligator Farm in St. Augustine Florida
Just a short clip. This is home to tons of alligators, crocodiles, and dozens of other critters. It's the St Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park. If you like gators, you'll love this place. You can find out more at March 9, 2013.
CROCUMENTARY--ADVENTURES @ ST. AUGUSTINE ALLIGATOR FARM
A fun documentary with an environmental message, Crocumentary--Adventures @ St. Augustine Alligator Farm features the Croc Cam and the Rage-O-Meter.
ZIp Line @ St. Augustine Alligator Farm Crocodile Crossing
Crocodile Crossing Zip Line Obstacles.
The Crocodile Crossing zip line offers visitors a chance to see The St. Augustine Alligator Farm from a different perspective.
The St. Augusitne Alligator Farm is the only zoo in the world with every species of Crocodilian. And now you can take the adventure over the top!
ZIp Line @ St. Augustine Alligator Farm Crocodile Crossing.
Animal Lovers! Get your Alligator and Croc on with a safe ride and pick-up to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park. Call 904-800-6000 for Group .
Crocodile Crossing Zip Line over 45 adult American Alligators
Crocodile Crossing, Zip Through the Zoo. This is an aerial challenge course over a zoo in St. Augustine Florida. Only at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm!
Alligator Feeding Time at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park-St. Augustine, Fl. 2017
Alligator feeding time at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park began in the late nineteenth century as a small exhibition of Florida reptiles and soon became a quintessential Florida attraction. Today it functions as a modern zoo serving the public and the scientific community with educational shows and exhibits, important research, and worldwide conservation efforts. The Alligator Farm’s history as an attraction and an accredited zoo is nearly as exciting as zipping across the Alligator Lagoon on Crocodile Crossing, the park’s thrilling zip-line attraction.
In the late nineteenth century, George Reddington and Felix Fire began collecting alligators on Anastasia Island; they founded the St. Augustine Alligator Farm at South Beach in 1893. By 1910, the Alligator Farm became an established Florida attraction thanks to advertisements placed by the South Beach Railway Company. The Anastasia Island Tram carried vacationers from their accommodations within the city of St. Augustine to the Alligator Farm and other tourist attractions along the island.
The Alligator Farm flourished for more than two decades at its original location. It was included in guide books to the area and was featured in a variety of publications. Exhibiting hundreds of alligators, numerous species of Florida’s venomous snakes, and other wild animals, Reddington and Fire’s Alligator Farm earned a reputation as “the world’s largest alligator farm.” A city guide published in 1916 reported that the attraction contained thousands of reptiles. Returning WWI servicemen contributed to the Great Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, and the Alligator Farm looked poised to continue its growth as a thriving tourist attraction.
However, a fierce nor’easter ravaged the area in September of 1920. The railroad tracks were washed out near South Beach, ending the tram service and isolating the area’s attractions. That December, a fire destroyed the South Beach pavilion and several nearby cottages. Firefighters were able to save the Alligator Farm and Burning Spring Museum through heroic effort, but a second fire only four months later completely destroyed both facilities, including Felix Fire’s apartment and the original stockade surrounding the alligator pens.
The owners of the Alligator Farm had already begun to explore their options for relocating the attraction before the 1920 storm struck. They selected a ten-acre tract of land two miles north of the South Beach location, closer to the St. Augustine hotels, but still on Anastasia Island. The new location was near the lighthouse, a landmark frequented by tourists and picnickers. The area was thriving, and a residential subdivision had been recently developed around the lighthouse.
Progress on the relocation was fast. Within a few days of the great September storm, the local newspaper reported “splendid progress” in construction of the new quarters for the Alligator Farm and its collection of animals.
The founders continued to operate the park for more than a decade after the successful move. Reddington purchased Fire’s interest in the Alligator Farm by 1934, although Fire continued to serve as the attraction’s curator. A skilled taxidermist, he also prepared exhibit specimens, a role he continued almost to the time of his death in 1953. Reddington and his wife Nellie managed the attraction until 1937, when they sold it to a pair of young businessmen in the community: W.I. Drysdale and F. Charles Usina.
Since 1989, The American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has extended accreditation to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, elevating the institution to a select list of zoos, aquariums, and other zoological facilities throughout the nation recognized for the quality and care of their collections.
A new milestone in reptile keeping was achieved when Land of Crocodiles opened in 1993. This exhibit area in the park features all known species of the world’s living crocodilians. The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is now the only facility in the world exhibiting living specimens of all 24 currently recognized species of crocodilian.
Continuing our missions of education and conservation, the Anastasia Island Conservation Center opened in 2001. It is used for various functions such as birthday parties, receptions, community meetings, and school groups, but is also home to the AZA’s Crocodilian Biology and Captive Management School, part of the AZA’s Professional Development Program.
The Alligator Farm strives to instill appreciation and understanding of crocodilians and all other wildlife in the hearts and minds of all guests, and there is no better way to do that than to offer a thrilling way to view these magnificent creatures. Crocodile Crossing is the Alligator Farm’s zip-line, opened in 2011. A one-of-a-kind experience, participants zip over the entire park, literally seeing live crocodilians, lemurs, and tropical birds from a new perspective.
St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Excerpted from the DVD, The St Augustine Alligator Farm, featuring lots of alligators and crocodiles, including Maximo leaping from the water for a meal.
ALLIGATORS in St. Augustine Florida! - Visiting the St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Visiting the St. Augustine Alligator Farm - Our family loves the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, which is on Anastasia Island, in St. Augustine, Florida. I brought my camera along last summer for our visit to capture some of the sights and creatures you'll see there.
FYI - this is not a sponsored video, just had a ton of fun footage and wanted to make something from it. Enjoy!
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Zip lining over alligators at St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park- 2017-Part 2
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park began in the late nineteenth century as a small exhibition of Florida reptiles and soon became a quintessential Florida attraction. Today it functions as a modern zoo serving the public and the scientific community with educational shows and exhibits, important research, and worldwide conservation efforts. The Alligator Farm’s history as an attraction and an accredited zoo is nearly as exciting as zipping across the Alligator Lagoon on Crocodile Crossing, the park’s thrilling zip-line attraction.
In the late nineteenth century, George Reddington and Felix Fire began collecting alligators on Anastasia Island; they founded the St. Augustine Alligator Farm at South Beach in 1893. By 1910, the Alligator Farm became an established Florida attraction thanks to advertisements placed by the South Beach Railway Company. The Anastasia Island Tram carried vacationers from their accommodations within the city of St. Augustine to the Alligator Farm and other tourist attractions along the island.
The Alligator Farm flourished for more than two decades at its original location. It was included in guide books to the area and was featured in a variety of publications. Exhibiting hundreds of alligators, numerous species of Florida’s venomous snakes, and other wild animals, Reddington and Fire’s Alligator Farm earned a reputation as “the world’s largest alligator farm.” A city guide published in 1916 reported that the attraction contained thousands of reptiles. Returning WWI servicemen contributed to the Great Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, and the Alligator Farm looked poised to continue its growth as a thriving tourist attraction.
However, a fierce nor’easter ravaged the area in September of 1920. The railroad tracks were washed out near South Beach, ending the tram service and isolating the area’s attractions. That December, a fire destroyed the South Beach pavilion and several nearby cottages. Firefighters were able to save the Alligator Farm and Burning Spring Museum through heroic effort, but a second fire only four months later completely destroyed both facilities, including Felix Fire’s apartment and the original stockade surrounding the alligator pens.
The owners of the Alligator Farm had already begun to explore their options for relocating the attraction before the 1920 storm struck. They selected a ten-acre tract of land two miles north of the South Beach location, closer to the St. Augustine hotels, but still on Anastasia Island. The new location was near the lighthouse, a landmark frequented by tourists and picnickers. The area was thriving, and a residential subdivision had been recently developed around the lighthouse.
Progress on the relocation was fast. Within a few days of the great September storm, the local newspaper reported “splendid progress” in construction of the new quarters for the Alligator Farm and its collection of animals.
The founders continued to operate the park for more than a decade after the successful move. Reddington purchased Fire’s interest in the Alligator Farm by 1934, although Fire continued to serve as the attraction’s curator. A skilled taxidermist, he also prepared exhibit specimens, a role he continued almost to the time of his death in 1953. Reddington and his wife Nellie managed the attraction until 1937, when they sold it to a pair of young businessmen in the community: W.I. Drysdale and F. Charles Usina.
Since 1989, The American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has extended accreditation to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, elevating the institution to a select list of zoos, aquariums, and other zoological facilities throughout the nation recognized for the quality and care of their collections.
A new milestone in reptile keeping was achieved when Land of Crocodiles opened in 1993. This exhibit area in the park features all known species of the world’s living crocodilians. The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is now the only facility in the world exhibiting living specimens of all 24 currently recognized species of crocodilian.
Continuing our missions of education and conservation, the Anastasia Island Conservation Center opened in 2001. It is used for various functions such as birthday parties, receptions, community meetings, and school groups, but is also home to the AZA’s Crocodilian Biology and Captive Management School, part of the AZA’s Professional Development Program.
The Alligator Farm strives to instill appreciation and understanding of crocodilians and all other wildlife in the hearts and minds of all guests, and there is no better way to do that than to offer a thrilling way to view these magnificent creatures. Crocodile Crossing is the Alligator Farm’s zip-line, opened in 2011. A one-of-a-kind experience, participants zip over the entire park, literally seeing live crocodilians, lemurs, and tropical birds from a new perspective.
Florida man jumps into crocodile pit at alligator farm (Full coverage)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man was found injured after breaking into a Florida zoo and jumping into a crocodile enclosure.
The Florida Times-Union reports St. Augustine police responded Tuesday morning to reports of vandalism at the Alligator Farm Zoological Park. Police say officers found blood and clothing in the zoo's newly opened Nile crocodile exhibit.
There's was no sign of a victim, but police had received calls about a man in his underwear crawling across a nearby yard. Security video shows one of the crocodiles biting the man on the leg. The man told officers he had been bitten by an alligator. Authorities didn't release the man's identity.
Authorities say the man caused about $5,000 in damage at the 125-year-old zoo. Police say he was hospitalized and faces a vandalism charge.
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St. Augustine Alligator Farm!
Our visit to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm a couple of months ago while we were on vacation celebrating our 23rd Anniversary! What a great park for reptile lovers!
St. Augustine Alligator Farm
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Close, but not too close. One of Florida's oldest attractions, the Alligator Farm in St Augustine,
VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
Florida tourists trying to get a close, but safe, look at some of the wilder life in the south are heading up.
The Alligator Farm in St Augustine is fascinating enough on foot.
At 120-years-old, it's one of the state's oldest tourist attractions and it is the only zoo in the world that displays all 23 crocodilian species, including the nearly extinct Philippine crocodile.
About 150 visitors a day head to the overhead canopy at the farm.
A combination of zip lines, bridges and lines in a 49-station obstacle course gives tourists an eagle eye view of the farm's inhabitants.
Strapped into harnesses, visitors can swing on 10 zip lines over swimming alligators and crocodiles.
The most amazing, awesome thing I've done ever, said Ava Martin, 53, who lives just north of St. Augustine. She and her 21-year-old son Corey were taking the course for the second time.
Most awesome thing, it is worth it if someone asks me, Corey Martin said.
He added that being over a big alligator was freaky.
It's just a totally different perspective, says Scott Brown, who designed and now manages the Crocodile Crossing at the zoo.
You can go to any zoo in the world and look at them through the glass, but you can't go anywhere and look at them over the top of the enclosures like you can here.
In addition to the crocodiles and alligators, the zipline also takes visitors over lemurs, giant tortoises and vultures.
The longest zip-line on the course is 300-feet, or the length of a football field.
There are some very fast lines, requiring some quick breaking.
The zoo spaces out the guests to ensure they aren't rushed through the course, which takes about 90 minutes to complete.
That includes behind-the-scene views that other guests won't get.
The course is a do-it-yourself adventure.
Guests are given instructions at the beginning on how to clip and unclip themselves to safety lines.
A guide then follows on the ground and makes sure they're following safety rules, while at the same time providing facts about the animals they're seeing.
Visitor Jackson Lawson, 12 years old from Hahira, Georgia, said he saw the whole alligator farm from above while celebrating his birthday.
I stopped on a zip line just to hang there for a second to look at mostly the alligators because we were just so close to them above them. It was really pretty. It was cool.
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St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Matt talks with Curator of Education at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Katie Girvin.
Close, but not too close. One of Florida's oldest attractions, the Alligator Farm in St Augustine,
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VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
WANT A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS GUY?
AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S ALLIGATOR FARM, YOU CAN ... WITH NO GLASS OR WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OWNER OF THESE LARGE TEETH.
(NATS: Zip line)
THE ALLIGATOR FARM IS FASCINATING ENOUGH ON FOOT.
AT 120-YEARS-OLD, IT'S ONE OF THE STATE'S OLDEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND IT IS THE ONLY ZOO IN THE WORLD THAT DISPLAYS ALL 23 CROCODILIAN SPECIES, INCLUDING THE NEARLY EXTINCT PHILIPPINE CROCODILE.
ABOUT 150 VISITORS A DAY HEAD UP _ USING A COMBINATION OF ZIP LINES, BRIDGES AND ROPES ON AN OBSTACLE COURSE TO GET AN EAGLE-EYED VIEW OF THE FARM'S RESIDENTS.
(SOT: Ava Martin, 53, Florida Resident)
The most amazing, awesome thing I've done ever,
(SOT: Corey Martin, 21, Florida Resident)
Most awesome thing, it is worth it if someone asks me,
STRAPPED INTO HARNESSES, VISITORS CAN SWING ON 10 ZIP LINES OVER SWIMMING ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES.
(SOT Scott Brown, Manager, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Alligator Crossing)
You can go to any zoo in the world to look at the animals through the glass, but you can't go anywhere and look at them over the top of the enclosures like you can here.
THERE ARE SOME VERY FAST LINES, REQUIRING SOME QUICK BREAKING AND THE LONGEST ZIP-LINE ON THE COURSE IS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.
(SOT: Jackson Lawson, 12, from Georgia)
I stopped on a zip line just to hang there for a second to look at mostly the alligators because we were just so close to them above them. It was really pretty. It was cool.
THE COURSE IS A DO-IT-YOURSELF ADVENTURE, JUST ONE THAT'S NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
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Alligator Farm St. Augustine
Ella, Lincoln, Leona, Katie and the alligator for a quick picture.
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