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For the Good of Gators—and Humankind

  By Joseph Kays
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Studying alligators is not for the faint of heart. Even the smallest of these prehistoric reptiles are powerful bundles of muscle and teeth, and catching them involves cruising Florida's mosquito-infested lakes in the middle of the night, ever alert for the critters' 800-pound brethren lurking nearby.

So why has University of Florida (UF) zoologist Louis J. Guillette made hundreds of these expeditions and handled more than half a million alligators, from eggs to adults, over the last two decades?

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