[Red Badger]

Never go kayaking where gators live.

Like, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, the CAROLINAS, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, and TEXAS.......................................

[Tom Tetroxide]

Alligators occur from southeast Oklahoma and east Texas on the western side of their range to North Carolina and Florida in the east. They prefer fresh water lakes and slow-moving rivers and their associated wetlands, but they also can be found in brackish water habitats.

(Map courtesy of US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program.)

[V_TWIN]

“Never go kayaking where gators live.”

Unless armed, and then only MAYBE.

Like any other predator, if threatened, best to dispatch the animal and deal with any consequences later.

[FamiliarFace]

Last summer we went to Crystal River and rented a house that had kayaks and a boathouse. On our very first day there, I was sitting on the edge of the property along the canal. I thought I saw a gator in there, so called to my hubby. As soon as I yelled, that alligator turned around and came towards me and went up to the boathouse. No thanks. I ran back inside the screened lanai. We decided no kayaking on that trip.