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Watch: šŸŠ Gator chases toy boat in retention pond on Jacksonvilleā€™s Southside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sometimes, alligators just wanna have fun.

An Action News Jax executive producer captured this video last weekend of just that.

A neighbor of hers had placed their toy boat in a retention pond where the gator likes to frequent.

The gator is a frequent visitor of a retention pond on Jacksonville's Southside!

When the neighbor started up the boat, the gator started to swim after the boat!

Either the gator was enjoying playing a game of chase, or the gator was trying to figure out if the boat was in fact food.

A 2015 study from University of Tennessee at Knoxville called seems to indicate that gators do indeed enjoy playing at times, stating ā€œObserved cases of social play include baby alligators riding on their older friendsā€™ backs, baby caimans playfully ā€˜courtingā€™ each other and a male crocodile giving his lifetime mate rides on his back.ā€

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