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Alligator washes up on shore. Is this normal?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:08 am
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:08 am
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:12 am to HoLeInOnEr05
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He says the lone DNR agent could not wrangle the gator by himself, and that shooting the animal was in the interest of human safety.
Sounds like someone was anxious to see if he could hit the "dime sized kill spot"
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:12 am to HoLeInOnEr05
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Is this normal?
I would say no
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:12 am to HoLeInOnEr05
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He's not supposed to be here... shoot him.
Good lord.
I would guess he got flushed out of a nearby estuary.
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 11:13 am
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:14 am to HoLeInOnEr05
Not normal at all since alligators are fresh water animals.
Down in the Dry Tortugas a salt water croc. somehow made it from the everglades to Fort Jefferson and lives in the moat. It had to travel over 75 miles of open ocean to make it.
Down in the Dry Tortugas a salt water croc. somehow made it from the everglades to Fort Jefferson and lives in the moat. It had to travel over 75 miles of open ocean to make it.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:17 am to Clyde Tipton
Shooting was not necessary.
Guy was prob tickled shitless he got to use his gun.
Guy was prob tickled shitless he got to use his gun.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:24 am to Tigris
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Not normal at all since alligators are fresh water animals.
Common in the salt marsh. I have seen a few in Caillou Bay which is basically the gulf.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:28 am to Topwater Trout
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:29 am to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:He's been watching to much Troy off of Swamp People
Sounds like someone was anxious to see if he could hit the "dime sized kill spot"
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:31 am to Tigris
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Down in the Dry Tortugas a salt water croc. somehow made it from the everglades to Fort Jefferson and lives in the moat. It had to travel over 75 miles of open ocean to make it.
i'm pretty sure that american crocs routinely cross the open ocean.
from wikipedia: C. acutus is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas.[1] It inhabits waters such as mangrove swamps, river mouths, fresh waters, and salt lakes, and can even be found at sea (hence its wide distribution on the Caribbean Islands,[15] southern Florida, the Greater Antilles and southern Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador.[19][27]
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:40 am to HoLeInOnEr05
Not terribly uncommon.
Just glad we don't have to deal with crocs.
Just glad we don't have to deal with crocs.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:43 am to Purple Spoon
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Shooting was not necessary.
Guy was prob tickled shitless he got to use his gun.
and his boolit,,, before it rusted.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:49 am to Purple Spoon
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Shooting was not necessary.
Guy was prob tickled shitless he got to use his gun.
This
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:55 am to Purple Spoon
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Shooting was not necessary.
Guy was prob tickled shitless he got to use his gun.
Not enough pitbulls around
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:57 am to Topwater Trout
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Common in the salt marsh
Yup, we catch hundreds a year in the salty marsh waters.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:13 pm to HoLeInOnEr05
I've seen documentaries showing them venture out into the surf.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:22 pm to CoastieGM
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Shooting was not necessary.
Guy was prob tickled shitless he got to use his gun.
This
What else could he have done? Catch and release? It's a gator for Christ's sake. They are overpopulated as it is. We won't miss 1!
Meanwhile, it was on a beach full of families. Would you have been ok with the gator doing something to a person? It obviously was not going anywhere or afraid.
I think is was the right call....too big to move, wrestle, etc
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:50 pm to Tigris
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Not normal at all since alligators are fresh water animals.
They're all over the saltwater surrounded barrier islands along Texas gulf coast... North and South Padre, Mustang, Matagorda...
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:51 pm to GeeOH
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They are overpopulated as it is. We won't miss 1!
Do us all a favor then and...
Oh, you meant gators.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:58 pm to HoLeInOnEr05
I was on a job 15-20 years ago solidifying the pogie ponds at the pogie plant in Cameron. we chased dozens of gators out of the ponds and into the ship channel. they all swam south towards open waters.
all except the ones the Mexicans/Cubans had put rope around their necks. they told me they were taking them to the ship channel to let them go.
all except the ones the Mexicans/Cubans had put rope around their necks. they told me they were taking them to the ship channel to let them go.
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