Posted on 05/23/2024 11:10:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
An alligator was spotted in the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass on Monday, May 20.
Eagle Pass Fire Department
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Another alligator was spotted along the Rio Grande River. This time, Texas officials encountered the 7 to 8-foot alligator during a training session on the river in Eagle Pass on Monday, May 20, according to a Facebook post from the Eagle Pass Fire Department.
The fire department stated the large alligator serves as a friendly reminder that the local wildlife isn't as friendly as the fire team.The department wrote, "Be cautious around the river banks."
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During our training session in the Rio Grande River this morning, we came across a large alligator in the water. Just a friendly reminder that our local wildlife isn’t as friendly as we are and to be cautious around the river banks. 🐊
It wasn't the first time an alligator had been found in the Rio Grande River. An angler spotted a massive alligator while fishing along the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass on April 28. Eagle Pass resident Luis De La Torre told MySA he believes the alligator to be about 8 to 10 feet long. He added he only saw one while out.
De La Torre said he spotted the alligator around 10 a.m. behind a neighborhood off Del Rio Boulevard in Eagle Pass, which borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The fisherman said he lost sight of the gator but found him again after hearing him growl.
On the same day, Texas Governor Greg Abbott posted about the alligator sighting in a tweet on X (formally known as Twitter). He wrote, "Cross at your own risk." Abbott also said there are warning signs posted in some sectors of the Rio Grande Valley alerting would-be swimmers about the alligators.
In Texas, the American alligator ranges from the Sabine River of East Texas to the Gulf of Mexico across the coastal marshes to the Rio Grande and west to around Interstate 35, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The range includes about 120 counties with the highest concentrations along the Gulf Coastal Plains. The alligator is the only crocodilian native to Texas, according to TPWD.
Another 3000 or so and we won’t need a wall.
Lots of gators around Houston. Maybe they can be relocated.
Are the gators still a protected species?
crocodiles and hippos in the river.
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There are lots of hippos from the Pablo Escobar days in Colombia so its should not be hard to import a few - the local Colombian fishermen and farmers, along the river with the hippos, would be very happy.
Yes...................
Border Guard!
Short-armed cavalry ...
They sure do and aren’t picky. Lol.
(I spelled Gators wrong)
-PJ
How long until the left blame Abbott for this?
Pretty good idea
Fill the Rio Grande with people eating gators
A true patriot wouldn’t be that cruel.
We have lots of alligators in Texas. It’s about time the population started shifting further south. Maybe we can genetically create a new sub-species for the Rio Grande that’s bigger and hungrier.
Very cute! I like that meme.
We'll be there November 9th. Go Gators!
He needs a girlfriend.
Well, we have had a glut of them here in SC, many have been removed in our neighborhood and relocated…………
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