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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObamanut's Addendeum to Trumad's Course on Gators
1. Anything larger than a puddle in Florida has at least one gator in it, often including swimming pools.
2. Gators can climb fences.
3. Getting within fifty feet of fresh water in Florida, especially at night, is madness.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Gators kill very few humans.
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)They love getting dogs.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Don't want no big lizards in my back yard.
liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)Raissa
(217 posts)... The wild hogs.
I've been chased by those bastards!
I've also had a monkey in my trees. Florida keeps my life interesting (and I admittedly love it)!
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Prefer a feral hog or an alligator?
Ya'll make fun, but I am asking.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Needs a Door Buzzard!
Hekate
(90,837 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Vultures provide a very vital function in any habitat.
Hekate
(90,837 posts)So maybe the true scenario is that it flapped off before the alligator could eat it.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)probably grabbed the best offerings at the buffet.
hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)their near ubiquitous habitat in south Florida--as well as the risks. I realize there are plenty of things I don't know, but this lack of awareness does surprise me and undoubtedly explains a lot why "no swimming" signs Disney put up did not have the same meaning, inference, or context for the family (tourists) as it would have for me, and presumably, most in Florida and coastal/bayou regions of the south.
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)They are deceptively fast. One big pond I run by a lot has all these little "logs" in the water floating around ie gators! I see retirees from up north walking their little dogs REALLY close to the shore, and it always freaks me out. They will get the dog.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that anybody is unaware of these facts.
tblue37
(65,490 posts)come down to the beach during gator feeding hours--without warning visitors from out of state that there could be gators or that a gator can come up onto the beach after a prey-sized child.
The blue circle in this picture shows where the movie screen is placed:
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Everybody with two brain cells to rub together will tell you that crepuscular (dusk or dawn) is pretty much the time that you will get eaten.
It's nuts to have to even explain this.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Louisiana wildlife is what I am most familiar with, and have trudged through more bayous, coolies, and swamps than is normal.
Things you don't mess with: Feral hogs, alligators or water moccasins.
Other snakes, lizards and little mammals like mice? Fine.