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  • Gulfarium gator eats boy's turtle: 'Oh no alligator, let it go'

    10/15/2010 6:04:50 PM PDT · by Daffynition · 40 replies · 1+ views
    TheDestinLog ^ | October 11, 2010 | Angel McCurdy
    OKALOOSA ISLAND — A local family remains upset four days after giving their pet turtle to the Gulfarium and watching it get eaten by an alligator. Brenda Guthrie and her 8-year-old son Colton witnessed Tomalina’s death as the red-eared slider disappeared into the alligator’s jaws. When the two looked away from the sight, she said they could hear the crunching of the turtle’s shell. “He was jumping up and down screaming,” Guthrie said of her son’s reaction. “He was shouting, ‘Oh no alligator, let it go.’ ” Guthrie said that they decided to donate Tomalina after the turtle outgrew its...