Brave animal handler poses for risky snaps with three giant American alligators

A BRAVE animal handler poses for the snaparazzi — alongside three giant American alligators.

Chris Gillette, 29, happily let the 200lb creatures swim around his head after joining them in their underwater lair.

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In one photo, one of the toothsome reptiles appears to sit on Chris’s lap. Elsewhere, another placed a claw on his arm as it powered towards the surface of the lake in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The scene was captured by photographer Mich­ael Dornellas at the Everglades Outpost Wildlife Rescue.

He’ll never gator a closer look than this ...

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