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RagingInMiami

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:02 PM
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Florida: See it like a native

I took this photo last weekend on the outskirts of Miami.

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On Par

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:03 PM
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1. Is That Jebbie.....

...or his Mother?

OP

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FloridaPat

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:19 PM
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12. No fair insulting alligators. They are moral, ethical, and live within

the laws of nature. That's more than the repubs can say - and the Democrats. Alligators are a little tempermental and slighly dangerous if they're hungry, but then you can say the same for the repubs. Bushes have killed more people then the cute alligators. So stop insulting our alligators!

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BrklynLiberal

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:04 PM
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2. Wow! Should have entered it in the photo contest!!

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RagingInMiami

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:05 PM
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3. I am not allowed to enter the contest because I won last month

That is why I'm hosting it this month.

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Zuni

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:06 PM
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6. that is a bad ass pic

enter it next time

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RagingInMiami

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:08 PM
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10. I would like to get a photo of a gator opening its mouth

It just might be my last photo ever.

Thanks for the compliment.

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LiberalinNC

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:05 PM
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4. When I lived in FL they were typically found in just about in every

neigborhood, little dogs would go missing. Back in 1969 when Military Trail was a dirt/rocky road in Boca Raton, Florida, we would have to stop and let the gators cross.

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RagingInMiami

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:06 PM
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7. Yep. Just last month they pulled a gator out of a canal

right in the heart of downtown Miami.

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Zuni

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:08 PM
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8. One of my friends lived up in Cocoa Beach

and he and a friend were in a canoe, fishing in one of the canals when a gator tried to tip it over and got under them.
Damn thing almost got them too. It was a long time before they went near the water there again.

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Zuni

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:06 PM
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5. That is what you get for living in a primordial swamp

just kidding. My favorite thing about Florida are the little lizards that run the place. They are everywhere.
The insects of Florida, them I can do without.

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leftofthedial

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:08 PM
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9. great photo

looks like Carl Hiassen territory

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LSK

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:17 PM
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11. is that a crocodile?

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FloridaPat

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:20 PM
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13. An alligator that lives in salt water.

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LSK

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:24 PM
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14. FL has alligators and crocs

Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 03:25 PM by LSK

Thought it might be a croc because they have longer and skinnier snouts.

Here is an alligator I took a picture of when driving across the everglades a few years ago on 41.

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FloridaPat

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:26 PM
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15. Only about 5 crocs have been seen in the last 20 years. They are very

remote. They are nowhere near Miami. The animal in the picture is partially underwater.

I use to live in Miami and went to the Everglades a lot. Beautiful area. Never saw a croc.

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RagingInMiami

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Fri Mar-25-05 03:33 PM
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16. I'm assuming it's an alligator, but this website says crocodiles

Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 03:34 PM by RagingInMiami

exist in south Florida, even in the everglades, where this was taken.

http://endangered.fws.gov/i/c/sac0u.html

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