Hidden Camera Captures Huge Gator Devouring 'Lunch' In GA Swamp

GEORGIA —Biologists at the University of Georgia Coastal Ecology Lab recently conjured up a grisly idea after finding a dead beaver floating around Grumpy's Turn-Around in Okefenokee Swamp Park.

"As curious biologists, we placed a game camera on it to see what would happen to it," the biologists posted to Facebook.

Well, they didn't have to wonder long. After placing the hidden camera near the carcass, a massive male alligator decided to make a meal out of it — but not in the way one might imagine. It took its sweet time savoring it and enjoying its company.

According to the biologists, the large alligator appeared the same day the camera was deployed.

The first photo was captured of him trying to get it into his mouth. He pushed it around for a bit but eventually left the beaver where he found it and disappeared, biologists said.

The beaver sat there for two days getting pecked at by vultures before the alligator returned.

He proceeded to push the dead beaver around some more, tried to drag it underwater, before taking a break and basking next to it for four hours!

After he rested, the biologists said he put the beaver in his mouth and swam off.

It was not immediately clear how the beaver died in the first place.

Two years ago, the University of Georgia announced a partnership with Okefenokee swamp to conserve and protect native alligators.

The Okefenokee is the largest blackwater swamp in North America. Most of the swamp is located in southeastern Georgia and is considered one of the seven natural wonders of the state.