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Mama alligator leads her 16 babies across a golf course, because Florida

Adorable little killing machines.
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Brian Koerber
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A Florida woman witnessed an adorable gang of tiny killers parade from a tiny pond to their new forever home.

According to Rotonda West resident Sharon Whiting, the mother alligator gave birth to her babies in February, but is just now moving them to a larger pond with more water, WFLA reports.

”Mama gator started across the golf course to the other pond with babies following her,” Whiting told WFLA.  “She went back and forth all day until they were all in the big pond. It took her all day, because she had to move them between golfers.”

While these clips are super cute, just remember -- around 7 percent of baby alligators are cannibalized by adults. Not so adorable.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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