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      *Turns out the story involving Beyonce and the gators that prompted an irate biologist to send her a defensive letter is “completely bogus” according to sources close to her label Sony.

      According to TMZ.com, a “well known reptile biologist” wrote a letter to Beyonce protesting a recent photo shoot in which the singer was said to have posed with two alligators. The Web site cited quotes from British men’s magazine Arena, which features Beyonce on the cover of its September 2006 issue.

       Beyonce was quoted as saying: "There was a shot where I held an alligator. [He] had [his] mouth taped--that was my bright idea. … He was really cute, but since his mouth was taped, he didn't have any way to defend himself. He was upset, so he peed on me. That was an experience!"

       But a source for Beyonce’s label Sony tells EUR, “Those alligators weren't even on the set with her. They were super-imposed for the shoot.”

       Meanwhile, no one has told Dr. Clifford Warwick, the world renowned reptile biologist who TMZ says was contacted by PETA to write the protest letter to Beyonce. The website obtained a copy of the letter, which admonishes the singer for “reports” that she had the alligators mouths taped shut.

       “You noted that he was so frightened and defenseless that he relieved himself all over the set,” wrote Warwick. “By taping his mouth closed, this alligator was very exposed to his captor (you) and other surrounding threats with no way of evading the predicament. …I should hope that, on reflection and consideration of these wild animals’ natural needs, you would opt from now on to leave wild animals in the wild."

       The letter was also posted on PETA'S website.