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Central Florida woman survives alligator attack, faces weeks of recovery
WSVN-TV7 ^ | JULY 17, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 07/18/2024 1:07:16 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: desertsolitaire

“How can you tell ahead of swimming that there are alligators lurking? Is there a method?”

https://youtu.be/JL8xTW0bowk?feature=shared


21 posted on 07/18/2024 1:33:47 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: desertsolitaire

The go to method is sending in the child you like the least.


22 posted on 07/18/2024 1:36:58 PM PDT by Max_850
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To: Red Badger
...decided to take a dip in the river...

Doesn't sound like a native or long-term resident...

23 posted on 07/18/2024 1:41:23 PM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: tired&retired

Yep. Down Tampa way (from me...). Inland, though.


24 posted on 07/18/2024 1:42:32 PM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: desertsolitaire
How can you tell ahead of swimming that there are alligators lurking? Is there a method?

If if is fresh water and you are in Florida there probably is a gator in the water.

25 posted on 07/18/2024 1:42:40 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: desertsolitaire

Verified

https://youtu.be/6S1OvxfQ98c?feature=shared


26 posted on 07/18/2024 1:43:00 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: desertsolitaire
How long can alligators breathe underwater? Alligators can stay underwater for much longer than humans. A typical dive might last 10-20 minutes. In a pinch an alligator can stay submerged for up to two hours if it is at rest. And, in very cold water, an alligator can last up to eight hours submerged. Google

In the old days gators were afraid of people. Then people from up North starting feeding them to get a great tourist picture and gators lost their fear. That said, if you're swimming in a lake stay away from tall grasses - and watch out if you're near a lake during mating season 'cause gators will get out of the water a walk around looking for a mate.

27 posted on 07/18/2024 1:45:23 PM PDT by GOPJ (Trump was NOT Hitler last time. He won't be a dictator this time. Democrats and the MSM lie. )
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To: Nervous Tick

Thanks for the giggle!


28 posted on 07/18/2024 1:51:23 PM PDT by JayGalt (DEI = Didn’t Earn It)
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To: Red Badger

Idiots like this are why they government thinks we buy the lone gunman story.


29 posted on 07/18/2024 1:56:47 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: desertsolitaire

“How can you tell ahead of swimming that there are alligators lurking?”

Just swim in Florida. And to add to it, if you swim in salt water or fresh water attached to salt water in Florida you are probably being watched by a shark. (Normally a bull)

wy69


30 posted on 07/18/2024 1:58:21 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: desertsolitaire

“How can you tell ahead of swimming that there are alligators lurking?”

Just swim in Florida. And to add to it, if you swim in salt water or fresh water attached to salt water in Florida you are probably being watched by a shark. (Normally a bull)

wy69


31 posted on 07/18/2024 1:58:21 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: Red Badger

While I pray for a speedy recovery, I also pray that this woman use some common sense in the future.


32 posted on 07/18/2024 2:01:26 PM PDT by bort
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To: Red Badger

While I pray for a speedy recovery, I also pray that this woman use some common sense in the future.


33 posted on 07/18/2024 2:01:35 PM PDT by bort
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To: Red Badger
...went for a morning run and decided to take a dip in the river

I stopped reading right there.


34 posted on 07/18/2024 2:17:45 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: Nervous Tick

Was just about to post the same question. Then, contrary to Freeper tradition, I read the responses here. Good point!


35 posted on 07/18/2024 2:22:06 PM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: Red Badger

“pulled herself up back onto her dock.”
She lives there, and has a dock, and swims there?
This is one dumb broad.
I have to shoo the gators off my dock, just to get into my skiff. I’m not going to wade or swim there.


36 posted on 07/18/2024 2:26:27 PM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: Red Badger
Dumb Ass Lib Yankee .

These are Ass H@le New Yorker invaders
are clueless .

All Fl rivers lakes and streams have gators .
Even The springs have small ones .

Too bad the gator didnt win .

Swimming in a gator invested location .
Moron .

37 posted on 07/18/2024 2:34:20 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: ncalburt

Go Gators!


38 posted on 07/18/2024 2:35:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tired&retired

Yes, north part of Tampa.


39 posted on 07/18/2024 2:36:10 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Red Badger

If you put your hand in it and it comes out wet, there’s a gator in it....................<<<

Wouldn’t be too that

If you put your hand in it and it doesn’t come out, there’s a gator in it?


40 posted on 07/18/2024 2:39:35 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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