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A Facebook photo featuring an alligator seemingly swimming atop a manatee has gone viral. The photo was recently submitted to Florida's Fish and Wildlife's photo contest.

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Nothing captures the internet's attention like the image of a deadly animal joining forces with the sweetest of sea creatures. Sadly, a manatee expert from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission believes the meeting was pure coincidence.

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"I would guess that these manatees were hanging out near warm water or heading to warm water and the alligator was looking for a sunny spot to hang out along the shoreline and they simply crossed paths," Ron Menzich, a spokesperson for the Commission, said in a statement.

The Commission further said that alligators are no threat to manatees larger than a calf.

Well, this encounter sounds like it was an accident, but one can always dream.

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