Manatee ‘chases’ alligator as both swim in Florida state park

A curious and fearless manatee was caught on cellphone video swimming after an alligator at a Florida state park.>> Read more trending newsDennis Osha, a wildlife photographer from Sarasota, filmed the two animals native to Florida as they peacefully swam in the Myakka River on June 30 at Myakka River State Park in Sarasota County.’I just took out my camera, my phone actually, and decided to get video of a gator that was walking, or swimming, right by the bridge, and it just happened that a manatee popped up right behind it,’ Osha told WTVT.