--- title: Crocodile Found in Pool: Photo description: Crocodile found in swimming pool at a home in the Florida keys. canonical: https://time.com/4188775/crocodile-pool-florida/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-21T17:58:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:02.249Z og:title: Here's a Chill Crocodile Just Hanging Out in a Pool og:description: Crocodile found in swimming pool at a home in the Florida keys. og:url: https://time.com/4188775/crocodile-pool-florida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf83ac50d2034914/698879fccf40a868f4c41931/crocodile-swimming-pool-keys-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3264 og:image:height: 1836 og:image:alt: crocodile-swimming-pool-keys-florida og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Chill Crocodile Just Hanging Out in a Pool twitter:description: Crocodile found in swimming pool at a home in the Florida keys. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf83ac50d2034914/698879fccf40a868f4c41931/crocodile-swimming-pool-keys-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's a Chill Crocodile Just Hanging Out in a Pool  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 21, 2016 5:58 PM UTC  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 21, 2016 5:58 PM UTC At least it’s not a [mama bear and her cubs](http://time.com/4006334/bear-cubs-pool-party-new-jersey/). Check out this photo of a crocodile that a Florida Keys home owner found in his swimming pool at 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The Islamorada resident called the police, who worked with the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to remove the trespasser, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The finding comes as residents throughout the state are already on the look out for another reptile invader, pythons, as part of the state’s annual [python hunting challenge](http://time.com/2970092/volunteer-florida-burmese-python-patrol/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4188775/crocodile-pool-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4188775/crocodile-pool-florida/"},"headline":"Here's a Chill Crocodile Just Hanging Out in a Pool","datePublished":"2016-01-21T17:58:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:02.249Z","description":"In Florida, of course","url":"https://time.com/4188775/crocodile-pool-florida/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf83ac50d2034914/698879fccf40a868f4c41931/crocodile-swimming-pool-keys-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf83ac50d2034914/698879fccf40a868f4c41931/crocodile-swimming-pool-keys-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"crocodile-swimming-pool-keys-florida","caption":"","creditText":"The Monroe County Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4188775/crocodile-pool-florida/","name":"Here's a Chill Crocodile Just Hanging Out in a Pool"}}]}] ```