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'Absolute dinosaur' gator seen on Florida school path
UPI ^
| May 17, 2024
| Ben Hooper
Posted on 05/20/2024 12:23:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
May 17 (UPI) -- Wildlife trappers were called to a Florida school where an "absolute dinosaur of an alligator" came wandering up a path.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's office said deputies responded to a report of a a large alligator on a pathway used by kids who walk to and from a nearby elementary school.
Deputies contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for help relocating the 12.5-foot gator.
"PCSO remained in the area to keep the public from accidentally stumbling across this absolute dinosaur of an alligator until trappers contracted through FWC arrived," the Sheriff's Office said on social media.
Deputies helped trappers capture the alligator and relocate it to a more suitable habitat far from the school.
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To: FamiliarFace
That would be a great idea. The gator could help to keep some of the Newcomers from breaking into our country.
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posted on
05/20/2024 4:10:14 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(Pets are no substitute for children)
To: Red Badger
You call that big? I wrestle 12 foot gators just for exercise. Gets your heart going in the morning. Then I have some fresh fruit and sit on the porch for awhile.
To: rlmorel
đThe laugh of the day!
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posted on
05/20/2024 4:39:54 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! đ)
To: Red Badger
Well, that one wildlife agent looks like Brontosaurus.
Does Chris Christie have a new job?
To: A strike
âwow, I bet youâre proud of that best youâve gotâ LOL...and you were concerned about me being coherent. A suggestion...don't drunk post. Time for you to head home, old timer.
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posted on
05/20/2024 5:12:13 PM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!â LOL...)
To: Red Badger
...and relocate it to a more suitable habitat far from the school.Nope - not in Florida. Any gator harvested over 6 feet is killed. Under six, yes, can be relocated by the trapper. Guess they wanted it to be a feel good story.
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posted on
05/20/2024 5:22:28 PM PDT
by
IrishPennant
(Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons?)
To: moovova
so you’re saying my post was hard for you to comprehend (that means understand)
bet you’re proud of that best you’ve got
took you long enough
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posted on
05/20/2024 5:35:40 PM PDT
by
A strike
(There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
To: rlmorel
A friend of mine, now passed, grew up poor on the periphery of the Everglades during WW II. He used to stand guard with a rifle when his younger brother and fiends were swimming and drew the interest of hungry gators. With dead aim, my friend frequently shot and killed a gator or two in that way and sold the gators to a local processor.
To: FamiliarFace
I see what you did there . . .
Jerry
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posted on
05/20/2024 6:47:27 PM PDT
by
gidewey52
(I shoot birds with a Pentax.)
To: Red Badger
That’s a lot of pairs of shoes.
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posted on
05/20/2024 7:53:20 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Gators are reptiles, not Dinosaurs. You got to wonder about the education level of this reporters.
Also, 12 feet is not that big a gator. There are much bigger ones in the Okefenokee. Of course, the Crocs in South Florida.....
To: Conan the Librarian
If you notice, the remark is in quotes. So it’s not the reporter’s words. It was the cops................
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posted on
05/21/2024 5:19:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
I met such a gator on a narrow trail on Cumberland Island National Sea Shore
She would not leave her spot on the sunand we added four miles to our hike that day back tracking and taking an alternate
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posted on
05/21/2024 5:25:30 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
To: bert
Probably had a nest nearby.............................
75
posted on
05/21/2024 5:27:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
05/21/2024 6:06:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
I thought it was bobbing for bulldogs.
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posted on
05/21/2024 6:11:58 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: moovova
78
posted on
05/21/2024 8:27:50 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Either âthe Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.â --Donald Trump)
To: Freedom4US; Red Badger
Thatâs Retarded, SirLOL! This thread is retarded. It has attracted not only âFlorida menâ, but Florida-adjacents!
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posted on
05/21/2024 8:33:21 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Either âthe Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.â --Donald Trump)
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