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Florida man wrestles puppy from jaws of hungry alligator
UPI ^ | Nov. 23, 2020 / 12:58 PM | Ben Hooper

Posted on 11/23/2020 10:50:54 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: TexasGator; fwdude

“I’m almost willing to bet this was staged, as horrific as that is to think about. Who has a camera ready and rolling when your dog is being eaten by an alligator?”

If you have time t9 post, you have. time to read the article.

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My first thought was that it looked, or more accurately, sounded staged listening to the guy’s grunts. As far as the camera not being his, I’m sure he knew it was there so what a coincidence that it was framed perfectly. The cigar was a nice touch also.


21 posted on 11/23/2020 11:29:42 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid! )
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To: Salamander

Well explain this level of crazy.

You love your dogs so much you’d risk getting an arm removed to save them from crocodile jaws?

Please understand, this is not criticism. I too love dogs and frankly don’t know what I’d do if faced with a huge crocodile that grabbed my dog.

I might say that it’s not a good idea to stick your arm in the mouth of a crocodile but what I’d do should it happen....well I don’t know.

That guy saved his puppy so I am happy for him and his pup.

Dr. Fauci would tell us it’s not a good idea to stick your arm anywhere around an alligator mouth.

Insert smirk here.


22 posted on 11/23/2020 11:32:31 AM PST by Fishtalk (@patfish1 is my Parler user name)
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To: bramps

State monitored wildlife cameras don’t have sound recording abilities either. This was staged. People will do literally anything for internet attention these days.


23 posted on 11/23/2020 11:32:33 AM PST by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: Red Badger

First of all, I would never have let my puppy (if I had one) run around off a leash, not with gators and other predator wildlife around. Secondly, that gator would have been a dead gator after I extracted my puppy from its jaws. I’d have stomped it or beaten it to death. No one messes with my pets!


24 posted on 11/23/2020 11:34:49 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: Right Wing Assault

Hillbilly surf and turf?


25 posted on 11/23/2020 11:36:56 AM PST by spudville
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To: Salamander

Yep, Love is a powerful emotion and motivator.


26 posted on 11/23/2020 11:37:50 AM PST by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: EinNYC
I’d have stomped it or beaten it to death.

That is illegal in Florida..................

27 posted on 11/23/2020 11:43:46 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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To: Fishtalk

Honestly, I would not even think of the danger.

I would just react.

It’s how I’m built, for better or worse.

The upside is, I don’t anticipate my dogs encountering dinosaurs here in the Appalachians, but I *do* have many means of rescuing them from the apex mammals in the area, even some methods which are positively medieval.

I wrested my Podengo from the talons of a hungry female Golden Eagle several years ago and people honestly have no idea how large, painful and ferocious those things are, until you’re fighting one for your dog.

:)


28 posted on 11/23/2020 11:45:38 AM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: Red Badger

javascript:downloadingImage(’[0]’,’imageAtt’) Poor little guy ( I rassled this turd in by meself).


29 posted on 11/23/2020 11:45:40 AM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: kanawa

Yup...and a good dose of crazy helps, too.

/Kanawa is my hero


30 posted on 11/23/2020 11:46:34 AM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: Safetgiver

?....................


31 posted on 11/23/2020 11:49:24 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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To: Red Badger

Self-defense:

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said there are rare circumstances in which someone can claim self-defense with a gator.

Experts say if a gator attacks you or your pet, you can take action, but if the attack happens off your property, it becomes more difficult to claim self-defense.

The FWC does not want people shooting and killing alligators at random and then claiming self-defense.


32 posted on 11/23/2020 11:49:46 AM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: EinNYC

Self-defense:

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said there are rare circumstances in which someone can claim self-defense with a gator.

Experts say if a gator attacks you or your pet, you can take action, but if the attack happens off your property, it becomes more difficult to claim self-defense.

The FWC does not want people shooting and killing alligators at random and then claiming self-defense.


33 posted on 11/23/2020 11:50:11 AM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: fwdude

A husband playing with a new puppy seems a normal video subject for a wife. And, as a Floridian, I can assure you that due to legal protections and a lack of hunting, the state is now rife with gators in unexpected places. A few years ago, a gator snatched and ate a toddler off the swimming beach behind a hotel at Disneyworld. The Magic Kingdom is just across the lake from the hotel.


34 posted on 11/23/2020 11:50:50 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: Salamander

Same with criminals.....................


35 posted on 11/23/2020 11:51:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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To: fwdude

“By the way, wildlife cameras don’t have sound. That’s a dead giveaway.”

Some don’t. Some do.


36 posted on 11/23/2020 11:54:09 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Red Badger

That was a Biden vote just now coming in.


37 posted on 11/23/2020 11:54:45 AM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: Red Badger

Maryland has the most merciless Castle Doctrine.

Neither the perp [or their survivors] can sue.

That always cracks me up.


38 posted on 11/23/2020 11:56:42 AM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: Red Badger

As of 2 years ago, there were 1.3 million gators in FL.

But they’re “protected”.

FL is insane.


39 posted on 11/23/2020 12:00:31 PM PST by Salamander ( What you bought, you owned, and what you owned eventually came home to you.)
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To: Salamander

Same with black bears.

We are up to or asses and alligators and bears...............


40 posted on 11/23/2020 12:03:27 PM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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