Posted on 05/31/2022 3:24:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Florida snipers gave cover for divers who jumped into an alligator-infested pond to search for a missing mother and son, according to reports.
Nieves Matos, 80, and her son, Mario Laza, 56, were traveling along the Florida Turnpike in Miami Friday when they lost control of their vehicle and careened into a retention pond off the highway.
Witnesses dove into the water, and police rescue teams followed behind them, according to WSVN.
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I thought “snipers” was a kind of critter...until I saw the pics...
Matos was eventually located and pulled from the water and survived the incident.
Her son died at a local hospital.
There is an insect called the glassy-winged sharpshooter.
Alligators are in almost every little body of water here!
When Chuck Norris dives in an alligator-filled pond to find a missing mom and her son, the alligators hire snipers to protect themselves against him.
When I moved (again) to Florida in 1960, alligators were being touted as an endangered species!
Of course, developers have established thousands of ponds in designing Florida’s 3000 golf courses, so alligators can romp and breed in many more locations.
Anywhere, and I mean anywhere, there is any free-standing fresh water, you have to keep an eye out for gators. They're just part of the landscape. And remember -- it's usually not the gator you see that's the problem... it's the gator you DON'T see.
A sidearm in a retention holster is standard kit whenever I'm hiking or kayaking. That, along with a good dose of situational awareness.
"...There is an insect called the glassy-winged sharpshooter..."
Just dayum.
There is a nature preserve in our area, 3 or 4 miles away… …....we use to drive around the circle and take pictures……now they make you walk!
Not as fun to walk with a 12 foot gator down the road…….and we know gators can run pretty fast!
A brave friend goes regularly and takes beautiful pictures of Florida birds, insects, baby gators and our 12 foot gator.
When my husband & I take walks in our neighborhood, there’s a sign warning us of snakes and gators!
It’s Florida!…..and we love it!
PS, lol…..my friend said the gator is about 11 ft, 8 inches………..but I bet he didn’t get close enough to measure it!
Hi.
Have you ever found a gator in your pool?
Have you ever found a gator in the back seat of your car?
Have you ever seen a gator climb a fence?
Has a gator ever rang your doorbell?
If not, you don’t live in Florida.
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The endangered species list was part of the problem creating aggressive gators. Snowbirds fed them to snap pictures to send home making gators lose their fear of people.
That wasn't a big problem until the gators were 'protected'..
In the old days Florida men would kill gators that came too close maintaining the 'fear of people' needed to keep them away. When the red tape involved in killing an aggressive gator wasn't worth the effort - men backed off and gators lost their natural fear of people.
When I was a kid we'd swim with alligators 30 feet away sunning on the water's edge. It worked because they were more afraid of us than we were of them. Those days are gone.
Hi.
Just saw your moniker.
Hope you and the king are doing well.
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On my local news this morning. I guess they ran out of “black people shooting other black people” stories.
Gators are beginning to appear in Florida’s lakes, ponds and drainage ditches in well-settled suburbs and even in some core urban areas. So far, most of those gators are stray individuals but not part of breeding populations.
Gators are beginning to appear in Florida’s lakes, ponds and drainage ditches in well-settled suburbs and even in some core urban areas. So far, most of those gators are stray individuals but not part of breeding populations.
Hi Kehoe!
How’s your side of the peninsula:)
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