A wildlife officer who planned to bring a large alligator into his daughter's school for show-and-tell was left red-faced when the creature escaped.
Stan Kirkland, a spokesman for the Florida wildlife commission, says officials think the 5-foot alligator is in a Panhandle pond. Authorities weren't able to capture the gator Friday.
Searchers scoured a wooded area surrounding the school Friday afternoon after the alligator jumped out of the man's vehicle with its mouth taped shut.
Kirkland says alligators have "amazing" jumping ability and that allowed it to escape.
Copyright WENN.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
