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.