![]() ![]() Working hours: It depends, but often 4 a.m. So what do you do now at Gatorland? I coach others how to wrestle gators, and I’m a mouthpiece for the company. I’ve reached an age where I can get down on the alligators, but can’t get back up without help. Yes, but didn’t offer a major in gator wrestling, unfortunately.ĭo you still wrestle gators on a regular basis? Not anymore. Your college mascot also happened to be a gator. ![]() During one gator show, a guy broke his back, so I filled in for him. After selling Ross some rattlesnakes – which were my first love, before gators – I started working for him at the Alligator Farm in Saint Augustine, doing venom extractions from the snakes. How did that lead to gators? My hero growing up was alligator expert Ross Allen. This rare white gator at Gatorland's White Gator Swamp is named Trezo Je, meaning "‘treasure's eye." She was a scout and/or a leader for 47 years. My dad had a radio show about fishing, and at one time, my mom was the longest continuous Girl Scout. Previous jobs: Army ranger in Vietnam rattlesnake venom extractor police officerĭid you always know you wanted to work with alligators?I’ve always loved the outdoors. Graduated from: University of Florida, degree in biology Title: Dean of Gator Wrestling and Director of Media Relations, Gatorland And although it’s less than 10 miles from SeaWorld Orlando, Williams prides Gatorland on the best compliment he’s ever received: “All the other parks around here run on electrical impulse, but runs on a heartbeat.” Inside its gaping gator mouth entrance, the wildlife preserve’s 110 acres are devoted to educational shows, train rides and a splash park, and zip lines gliding over gators and crocs. He often works 16-hour days at the “alligator capital of the world,” which is the oldest state park in Central Florida. “But alligators always think that life is good.” The gator expert is Gatorland’s dean of gator wrestling, coaching the newbies on how to clench a gator’s jaw and gently tickle its stomach. “People get so caught up in emotion,” he says. alligators every day, but the hardest part of his job is working with people. Tim Williams with a tiny alligator at Gatorland. ![]()
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