Visitors to South Carolina’s Fripp Island Golf & Beach Resort were called out for throwing carrots at a mature, 11-foot alligator and reminded that harassment of the animals is punishable by $200—“or in this case, $200 per carrot.” Feeding alligators can also lead to 30 days of jail time under South Carolina law, in part because the animals become aggressive when they are fed by humans and then see them as a food resource.