Alligators just want to have fun: Florida images may show predators at play

Photo of gator with football and video of another chasing toy boat follow study which said crocodilians can mess about on the river

With one sizable difference, they could be scenes of everyday recreation in the sunshine state of Florida: a tourist playing with a football, another eagerly chasing a remote control boat round a lake.

But the remarkable images posted to social media over the past week feature alligators, not humans - seeming to confirm a Tennessee university study that said crocodilians like to have fun too.