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G8trGr8t · Nov 7, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

Not necessarily an idiot tourist story, but more of a public service announcement: stay away from Alexander Springs Recreation Area. People are swimming and snorkeling there and do not seem to know that Alexander is the name of the 9'-long gator that lives there, and he will defend his territory. Two people have had unfavorable interactions with the gator, who goes by the nickname "Al" with the middle initial "E".

9-foot alligator bit Florida woman's face while she was snorkeling: 'I saw her head in its mouth,' friend says (yahoo.com)
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one that large in an advertised swimming hole needs to be relocated or reallocated to belts and handbags.

mrhansduck · Nov 7, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

Not necessarily an idiot tourist story, but more of a public service announcement: stay away from Alexander Springs Recreation Area. People are swimming and snorkeling there and do not seem to know that Alexander is the name of the 9'-long gator that lives there, and he will defend his territory. Two people have had unfavorable interactions with the gator, who goes by the nickname "Al" with the middle initial "E".

9-foot alligator bit Florida woman's face while she was snorkeling: 'I saw her head in its mouth,' friend says (yahoo.com)
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orangeblue_coop · Nov 7, 2023

BigCypressGator1981 said: ↑

What an idiotic post.
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Par for the course

Gator515151 · Nov 7, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

Not necessarily an idiot tourist story, but more of a public service announcement: stay away from Alexander Springs Recreation Area. People are swimming and snorkeling there and do not seem to know that Alexander is the name of the 9'-long gator that lives there, and he will defend his territory. Two people have had unfavorable interactions with the gator, who goes by the nickname "Al" with the middle initial "E".

9-foot alligator bit Florida woman's face while she was snorkeling: 'I saw her head in its mouth,' friend says (yahoo.com)
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When I was a student at UF I don't think they had put up do not feed the gators signs at Lake Alice yet but Mrs51 and I used to go down and feed the alligators. One day some guy was walking his dog along the waters edge and a big gator charged the little pup. The man quickly kicked at the charging gator which proceeded to clamp down on the man's boot. The man or the dog weren't injured but the man did lose his boot. Don't know if the gator ate it but he sure took it.

ursidman · Nov 7, 2023

G8trGr8t said: ↑

one that large in an advertised swimming hole needs to be relocated or reallocated to belts and handbags.
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At about 9 feet annd greater alligators are capable of killing an average human.

Last I knew, nuisance alligator trappers contracted to FWC will come remove a Gator greater than 4 feet. The gator is their paycheck. They do not relocate them.

There are some magic words to use that increase the likelihood of a quick response.

cron78 · Nov 7, 2023

Anyone remember when the FSU student was killed by a Gator in Wakulla Springs? I do.A college student attacked and killed by an 11-foot...

chemgator · Nov 17, 2023

A German eco-warrior was determined to prove that logging had caused a bear to abandon his den in Poland by filming himself entering the den to show it was empty. That was when he was attacked by . . . wait for it . . . a bear! Wound up in the hospital, badly mauled.

Caught on camera: moment bear emerges from den to maul eco-activist

A bear in Poland’s Carpathian Mountains has mauled an eco-activist who was trying to prove the animal’s lair was abandoned due to logging.

The German was airlifted to hospital following the attack and was said to be in a serious but stable condition.

He had travelled to the bear’s den alongside another activist from the Wild Carpathians Initiative to check if the area had been affected by logging.

The pair had expected the lair to be empty but the animal pursued them through the woods. The activist stumbled and fell before being mauled.
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sierragator · Nov 18, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

A German eco-warrior was determined to prove that logging had caused a bear to abandon his den in Poland by filming himself entering the den to show it was empty. That was when he was attacked by . . . wait for it . . . a bear! Wound up in the hospital, badly mauled.

Caught on camera: moment bear emerges from den to maul eco-activist
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A strong entry for the Darwin Award.

ursidman · Nov 18, 2023

sierragator said: ↑

A strong entry for the Darwin Award.
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On his tombstone:

Here lies dear departed brother Dave
He chased a bear into a cave.

Gatorhead · Nov 19, 2023

Anyone notice how much Joe Rogan hates bears? Every type. Has a phobia.

fishnerd1 · Nov 19, 2023

I got chewed out by a lady in the smoky mountains for messing up her facebook video of a bear. My daughter said “I hear mom outside” even though I knew my wife was in the bathhouse. I step outside and am 6 feet from this boar bear. I had a can of wasp spray and air horn on the picnic table. When it locked eyes with me and started sniffing I let the horn blast. It ran off and that lady was so mad because “it’s just a campground bear”.

archigator_96 · Nov 20, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

A German eco-warrior was determined to prove that logging had caused a bear to abandon his den in Poland by filming himself entering the den to show it was empty. That was when he was attacked by . . . wait for it . . . a bear! Wound up in the hospital, badly mauled.

Caught on camera: moment bear emerges from den to maul eco-activist
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Probably where the bear kept his stash.

chemgator · Dec 3, 2023

Another sad story of animals and plastics. In UAE (middle east), camel autopsies have revealed plastic blobs in the digestive tract of camels that range in size from a basketball to a large suitcase. A camel is a fairly simple-minded animal, and if something in the desert that is not sand, then it assumes that it's food and eats it.

Scientists stunned by disturbing discoveries during autopsies of dead camels: ‘The most surreal thing in the world’

Eriksen described one autopsy as “the most surreal thing in the world,” and their findings showed that plastic clumps called polybezoars, which Eriksen said “range from the size of a basketball to roughly a large suitcase,” are responsible for 1% of the camel deaths in the UAE

“All [camels] know in the desert [is] if it’s not sand, it’s food,” Eriksen said. “If they see a plastic bag stuck in a tree … or stuck against a fence, they might think, ‘Oh, that’s a novel piece of food,’ and they’ll consume it.”

The effects of eating plastic are devastating for the camels, causing intestinal blockages, creating lacerations inside their stomachs, and creating a toxic environment for bacteria to grow amid the folds of the plastic.

“It’s a slow death,” Eriksen said. “Imagine if you had five plastic bags crushed up in your body, and maybe a dozen bottle caps and a few straws, and it stayed there for years. I mean, you would suffer until you’d ultimately perish from that ingested trash. And that’s what the camels are experiencing.”
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rivergator · Dec 3, 2023

ursidman said: ↑

At about 9 feet annd greater alligators are capable of killing an average human.

Last I knew, nuisance alligator trappers contracted to FWC will come remove a Gator greater than 4 feet. The gator is their paycheck. They do not relocate them.

There are some magic words to use that increase the likelihood of a quick response.
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Yep, as I was told “every place that can support a gator already has one.”

chemgator · Dec 3, 2023

Ignorant Americans' fascination with wildlife (and the desire to interact with it like they are in a Disney movie) sometimes turns deadly. An Alabama couple decided it was a good idea to have a half-wolf as a pet, until their pet ate their 3-month-old baby.

The half-wolf was euthanized. Unfortunately, the parents were not. (Just kidding--I think.)

Family’s pet ‘wolf-hybrid’ kills 3-month-old baby in Alabama, sheriff’s office says | CNN

A 3-month-old baby in Alabama died after being bitten by a “wolf-hybrid” kept as the family’s pet, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and county animal control officers responded to a 911 call about an apparent animal attack involving an infant at a home in Chelsea, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

The infant was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead due to injuries suspected to have been caused by the animal, the release said.

A wolf-hybrid is a term for a canine with mixed wolf and dog ancestry. The family was aware there was wolf in the dog’s lineage, Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans confirmed to CNN on Saturday.
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vaxcardinal · Dec 3, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

Another sad story of animals and plastics. In UAE (middle east), camel autopsies have revealed plastic blobs in the digestive tract of camels that range in size from a basketball to a large suitcase. A camel is a fairly simple-minded animal, and if something in the desert that is not sand, then it assumes that it's food and eats it.

Scientists stunned by disturbing discoveries during autopsies of dead camels: ‘The most surreal thing in the world’
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Not understanding how a camel can possibly eat a large suitcase

gatorpa · Dec 3, 2023

vaxcardinal said: ↑

Not understanding how a camel can possibly eat a large suitcase
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One bite at a time?

chemgator · Dec 4, 2023

vaxcardinal said: ↑

Not understanding how a camel can possibly eat a large suitcase
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It is getting very close to "Are you serious, Clark?" season.

mrhansduck · Dec 4, 2023

chemgator said: ↑

Ignorant Americans' fascination with wildlife (and the desire to interact with it like they are in a Disney movie) sometimes turns deadly. An Alabama couple decided it was a good idea to have a half-wolf as a pet, until their pet ate their 3-month-old baby.

The half-wolf was euthanized. Unfortunately, the parents were not. (Just kidding--I think.)

Family’s pet ‘wolf-hybrid’ kills 3-month-old baby in Alabama, sheriff’s office says | CNN
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Very sad. I have always been fascinated by wolves (from a distance), but I'd read before that hybrid wolves are more dangerous because pure wolves tend to avoid people if at all possible.

chemgator · Dec 4, 2023

mrhansduck said: ↑

Very sad. I have always been fascinated by wolves (from a distance), but I'd read before that hybrid wolves are more dangerous because pure wolves tend to avoid people if at all possible.
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You know these people have to be doing all kinds of mental gymnastics to get past the question "How could we have been so stupid to let our infant get mauled?"

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