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Florida Police Officer's Selfie With Gator Goes Viral

MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) - A Palm Bay police officer took a selfie early this week that has now gone viral.

The photo shows the officer smiling in the forefront, with an alligator in the background, that happened to be stuck in a street drain.

The police department posted the image to its Facebook page along with a funny caption.

It read, "When you're just trying to take a normal sewer selfie and you get photo-bombed -- at least he smiled."

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