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To: Red Badger

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


4 posted on 07/18/2024 1:11:30 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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To: desertsolitaire

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

Send your spouse, or a friend, in ahead of you?


9 posted on 07/18/2024 1:14:56 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: desertsolitaire
How can you tell ahead of swimming that there are alligators lurking? Is there a method?

A good rule-of-thumb is:

Florida + Puddle = Alligator

12 posted on 07/18/2024 1:18:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: desertsolitaire

” how can you tell ahead of swimming that there are gators lurking?”

You walk to the edge of the water and stoop down and put your hand in. If it comes out wet there’s gators. 😏


16 posted on 07/18/2024 1:20:43 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: desertsolitaire

Yes. Old Florida method:

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


19 posted on 07/18/2024 1:22:19 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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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: 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: 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: desertsolitaire

Stick your hand in, is it wet?
There’s a gator in there


55 posted on 07/18/2024 8:56:25 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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