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A bronze alligator sculpture, "Focused Attention," has been installed outside the University of Florida's Library West.

Created by Lake Wales artist David Price, the sculpture is identical to one on display at Bok Tower Gardens.

Price hopes the sculpture will inspire students and foster appreciation for the natural world.

An alligator with origins in Polk County now stands sentry outside a citadel of scholarship in Gainesville.

When fall classes open Aug. 21 at the University of Florida, students will find a realistic bronze sculpture of a 10-foot bull alligator poised near the entrance to Library West.

David Price of Lake Wales created the sculpture, titled “Focused Attention” and based on his observations of the prehistoric reptiles, both in Polk County and else

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