Firefighters in Florida save lives every day, including creatures with very sharp teeth that find themselves in precarious situations.

The BriefA 10-foot alligator was removed from a storm drain in Southwest Florida.Cape Coral firefighters helped FWC remove the reptile from the drain.Due to the alligator’s size, it will be taken to a gator farm to live out the rest of its life and possibly be part of a breeding program.

Saturday morning, someone saw a gator in a storm drain on NW 27th St in Cape Coral. They called the Cape Coral Fire Department and the fire fighers who responded realized it was stuck.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A large gator got himself stuck in a storm drain and needed help from local firefighters to get out. A passerby in a Cape Coral community noticed the 10-foot reptile stuck in a storm drain and notified the fire department, according to a Facebook post.

Things got interesting in a Florida neighborhood over the weekend after a monstrous alligator became trapped in a storm drain, triggering a frightening rescue operation.

Life imitates art. A real-life massive gator wedged itself in a tiny storm drain in Florida Sunday — in a too-close-for-comfort imitation of the bloody movie “Alligator.” But unlike the 1980 B-movie,

Shutterstock Image Rescue missions are common for firefighters. However, I imagine that they are usually saving people from burning buildings. In this instance, firefighters performed a rescue of a different sort.