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Buddy, the largest alligator in Gatorland history, has died. (Credit: Gatorland) <\/p>\n
“Buddy wasn’t just big, he was a legend,” Gatorland said in a social media post. “Generations of families grew up with Buddy and kept coming back to see the Big Guy.”<\/p>\n
Buddy began to slow down and show signs of his advanced age over the last few months, according to Gatorland.<\/p>\n
He was receiving medication and extra vitamins to help him as his health declined. Gatorland also had a veterinarian checking on Buddy regularly.<\/p>\n
“In the end, even legends have to take that walk over the rainbow bridge,” Gatorland said. “Buddy was comfortable, peaceful, and surrounded by love right up until his very last moments.”<\/p>\n
SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n Gatorland<\/a> said the cold snap Florida experienced earlier this year made it harder on Buddy’s condition.<\/p>\n The gator was known for having a personality as big as his size. He also had a very special relationship with Brandon Fisher, one of Gatorland’s gator experts.<\/p>\n “There will never be another Buddy,” Gatorland said. “Thank y’all for loving him with us.”<\/p>\n Gatorland, which began as a roadside attraction in 1949, is a 110-acre park that’s home to thousands of alligators and crocodiles. The park features exhibits, live shows and animal encounters.<\/p>\n The Source: This article was written with information from Gatorland.\u00a0<\/p>\n Orlando theme park news<\/a>Orange County News<\/a>Orlando News<\/a>Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – Buddy, the largest alligator in Gatorland history, has died, the attraction announced Wednesday. A ‘real…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,8713,2411,628],"class_list":["post-223456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-theme-parks","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}