This is the moment a huge alligator was captured walking across a busy highway - causing a traffic jam on both lanes.<br /><br />The massive 10-foot creature was spotted in the Florida Keys, USA, backing up both lanes of traffic for over an hour.<br /><br />Police were called to close off the road while animal rescuers snared the animal that was wriggling and writhing around the carriageway.<br /><br />Video footage showed two men wresting with the reptile, before managing to lasso it with ropes and poles.<br /><br />They eventually managed to catch the errant beast, then dragged it to the side of the tarmac.<br /><br />While one rescuer held its fierce jaws, the other taped its mouth shut.<br /><br />Pesky Critters Wildlife Control trappers managed to catch and remove the gator from the busy road. <br /><br />It was then loaded into the back of a truck to be returned to the nearby Everglades.<br /><br />The capture took place on Highway 1 in Key Largo yesterday (Mon) and once the gator was successfully removed, traffic was able to flow again.
