Alligator Found Swimming With Whales 20 Miles Out to Sea

I love news items like these:

Alligator Found Swimming With Whales 20 Miles Out to Sea

Wildlife researchers conducting a study of whales in the North Atlantic were shocked when they spotted an alligator ... 20 miles out to sea.

The team from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources had sailed out to monitor the movement of right whales when they saw what they initially thought was a tire.

But as they got closer they realized the object floating in the waters roamed by whales was in fact a freshwater alligator -- that was very much alive and snapping.

The rest of the story:
http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/25/alligator-found-swimming-with-whales-20-miles-out-to-sea/