Even Alligators have a hard time dealing with the thick mud in a marsh. Around here it’s called Pluff Mud. Hundreds of years of sediment along the bottom. When stirred up a bad low tide smells good compared to Pluff.
This gator was moving along the edge of a dike, and having a hard time of it.
Interesting feet these critters have.
Pluff mud is a great name for it.
It’s unique to the area because of the centuries of stuff on the bottom of the marshes and inlets.