Alligator Gar Fish

Behavior
Feeding
The Alligator Gar is a relatively passive, solitary fish that lives in fresh and brackish water bodies in the southeastern U.S. It is carnivorous. The Alligator Gar feeds by lurking amongst reeds and other vegetation, ambushing prey. Alligator gar have also been known to attack humans; there was a reported attack on a person in Lake Pontchartrain.