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Florida man accused of using ‘small pickaxe’ to hunt, kill 5-foot alligator
WKRG 5 News ^ | May 5, 2023 | Dylan Abad

Posted on 05/05/2023 5:15:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: gundog

I’ve heard of that nuke/croc symbiosis too. Proof that human activity is not always detrimental to wildlife.

It’s like Brown Bears and Caribou hanging out around the pipeline on the North Slope of Alaska. Animals like warmth. Only liberals think freezing in the dark is a good thing.

They used to sell stuffed Am. Crocodiles in FL. Bought one on vacation there when I was 10. Well, my parents bought it. Those could have originated from outside FL though I don’t know.


21 posted on 05/05/2023 7:20:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: Libloather

“Isn’t there some sort of award for that?”

If there isn’t, there should be.


22 posted on 05/05/2023 9:00:02 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: gundog

I’m originally from FL. The crocodiles mainly live in the southern end of the state near Miami. They hang out in the area around the Turkey Creek nuclear plant t where the water stays warm in the winter.

When I was a kid there was a total ban on killing gators because their numbers had shrunk but after 30 years or so of the ban they ballooned into the nuisance range where they are today. I’m sure people poach them all the time.


23 posted on 05/05/2023 10:26:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What is the problem? Choice of weapons? How ridiculous.


24 posted on 05/06/2023 5:31:19 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: gundog

Turkey point has a full time biologist to track and care for the crocodiles located in the 68 miles of cooling canals.
They’ve been spotted in Key Biscayne, all throughout the 10,000 islands, the Everglades, and in Ft. Myers.


25 posted on 05/06/2023 10:59:18 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
...the anonymous caller witnessed the three men harvesting an alligator measuring 5.5 feet.

"Harvesting" indicates intent to use as a food source. Are they supposed to starve?

26 posted on 05/06/2023 11:17:11 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: gundog
...so many Florida yahoos can’t tell the alligators from the endangered American Crocodile.

One vermin or another vermin, what's the difference? They fill the same ecological niche and if they get big enough, either will eat your @$$.

27 posted on 05/06/2023 11:21:02 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Next up, the anonymous caller.

J/k

5.56mm


28 posted on 05/06/2023 11:21:35 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Well, some times you just gotta eat.

I’d wager the anonymous caller was a Democrat.

5.56mm


29 posted on 05/06/2023 11:34:10 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: JimRed

I’d sooner take my chances with crocodilians than a lot of Floridans.


30 posted on 05/06/2023 11:34:49 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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