Alligators....here and there...hotels....backyards....pools....
By Jesuslovesme
@MsBooklover (3974)
United States
April 16, 2018 8:22pm CST
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/04/03/Alligator-removed-from-Florida-womans-front-yard/2081522760370/
Where I come from the closest you get to an alligator is if someone dumps it in the lake because it was once a pet, and it got too big. I have read articles about them walking into hotels, swimming in someone's pool, etc. I cannot imagine living in a state/town whereby at any time an alligator can be in your yard or pool. You cannot allow your dogs in the yard or your children. That must be some experience.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
17 Apr 18
I was just talking about the first wild alligator I saw. I was in Georgia and said I was going to go find an alligator, and went into this little park area where there were streams. I was looking over the railing of a small bridge, and a juvenile alligator bobbed to the surface. It was watching me, and I was excitedly watching it. A moth landed on my arm, I caught it, and threw it in the water, and the gator ate it!
I was 14 at the time, so I was very excited. Since I live up north where it is cold, that remains the largest alligator I have seen in the wild.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
19 Apr 18
That is amazing he caught the moth. I have no idea that Georgia had alligators.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
19 Apr 18
@MsBooklover The historic range of gators goes into North Carolina all the way out to Texas and Oklahoma. We know them to mostly be in Florida, but they are in other states as well. From wikipedia: "They are found in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In 2018 there were several confirmed sightings of animals that had moved north into West Tennessee."
Sounds like the gators are re-taking their historic range.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
20 Apr 18
@OneOfMany Yes, I thought they were just in Florida.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
19 Apr 18
I agree. I think it is sad for people to take such creatures out of their natural habitats and then they don't want them after they get bigger or don't have the time for them.
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