"It was a stomach odor that was spinning"

(FOX News) – (3/11/19) This week, officials from a park near New Orleans, Lousiana, have released a great alligator who died from a lagoon.

The creature was removed from the Lafrenière Park lagoon in Metairie.

Although the fish's time to fish is unclear, a park spokesman told Fox News on Saturday that the alligator gar was found after park staff smelled stench and finally detected the smell. .

The lagoon, with an area of ​​14 acres and a depth of 16 feet in some places, is' connected to a drainage channel by large concrete pipes. We think the fish has entered our lagoon this way, "said the spokesman, describing the smell emanating from the fish as being" a stomach turnaround ".

Later, the park visited Facebook with pictures of the big fish.

"Welp. Scratch my nakedness in Lafrenière Park from my to-do list, "joked one person in response.

"What's that? !! Is a fish and an alligator mate? Omg, it's scary and it's so fat." what a fish? What type with a mouth so big? "Another commented.

"This thing has been dead for a while," said a third.

Guys in alligator (so named for its alligator muzzle) are found in North America and Central America and can measure up to 10 feet long, reported National Geographic. Some have been known to reach 300 pounds.

Although these prehistoric creatures may seem scary, they are not known to attack people. That said, her eggs are poisonous to humans if they are eaten, according to the publication.

They usually feed on small fish but are also known to eat small turtles, ducks and other waterfowl.