I've seen several myself, live and in person while I was in the water. Most people don't know that they're swimming with sharks. But they are. And generally, the sharks will leave you alone. But as you say, it's not wise to swim at dawn or dusk. Not only is it feeding time, but in the low light, you can be more easily mistaken for food. It's also not wise to go out to where the bottom starts to drop off past the sandbar, since that's where they generally cruise for a meal.
Ursus americanus floridanus is the distinctive Floridian subspecies of the American Black Bear. It is native in several populations throughout Florida, southern Georgia and southern Alabama. One of these populations is the Washington county population north of Mobile, likely the population that you've seen a picture of.Back to the original, that's an amazing picture! I knew there were such critters around up in the AL mountains of my family heritage, but have never seen photographic evidence of that. I have seen photographic evidence of a rather large black bear down in SW AL (Washington County up north of Mobile).Similar pic, taken from a motion-activiated deer cam (or whatever those are called.)
U. a. floridanus is not known to be aggressive, though they can be pesky and it's wise to give them distance. They're spotted all the time around here, raiding dumpsters and trash cans and along roadsides. I saw one on Hurlburt Field just lumbering through the Air Force barracks. If you go hiking on Eglin Air Force Reservation (permit required) and look for it, you'll see scat and tracks all over the place.
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