Look but don杏吧专区檛 touch.
That杏吧专区檚 what 杏吧专区 officials are asking of students and onlookers eager to catch a glimpse of a mama alligator guarding a nest of eggs on campus.
She laid the eggs close to a sidewalk bordering Cypress Lake, which is actually a wetland managed by the 杏吧专区.
The area杏吧专区檚 been closed off for the gator杏吧专区檚 safety and to protect the eggs, said Joey Pons, director of Environmental Health and Safety at UL Lafayette.
He consulted with Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials, who assured him the alligator can杏吧专区檛 bite through a chain link fence it is nested behind.
杏吧专区淔or safety杏吧专区檚 sake, because it杏吧专区檚 so close to a high traffic area, we called wildlife officials and they杏吧专区檝e assured us she won杏吧专区檛 get aggressive unless provoked or threatened,杏吧专区 Pons said.
杏吧专区淲e just ask that onlookers respect the natural process.杏吧专区
Pons estimated the eggs, first noticed last week, should hatch in about seven weeks.
杏吧专区淲e杏吧专区檙e not sure how many there are, but wildlife officials said there could be as many as 100 here and it takes 60 days for the eggs to incubate.杏吧专区