Posted on 01/18/2023 3:21:07 PM PST by DallasBiff
A three-foot-long alligator was recently found abandoned in a small town in New Jersey.
On Sunday, Jan. 15, the reptile was found in a plastic storage container that was left in an empty lot in Neptune, New Jersey, according to the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA).
The MCSPCA was able to locate the hidden alligator after a "good Samaritan" by the name of Angel Rosario called law enforcement when he saw the abandoned container in the lot next to his home, the animal welfare organization wrote in a press release on Monday, Jan. 16.
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I know a Gator girl from NJ, Italian bird...cute.
Delta Phi Epsilon...
So, New Jersey thug meets Florida man?
Poor little Gator. Take him to the nearest swamp.
Hopefully, he remembers how to find and catch his own food.
Alligators are one of the few reptile species that care for their young for the first few months and sometimes up to a year after they hatch. I’d heard of the motherly care before but not how the mother did her job. From http://animals.mom.com/crocodiles-sex-8884.html
“Calling For Mom
Shortly before hatching, the young alligators — still inside their eggs — begin vocalizing. The vocalizations have two purposes: synchronize the hatching of the siblings and attract the mother to the nest. When hatching begins, mother alligators venture to the nests and begin opening them. Using their powerful jaws, mother alligators gently lift the babies and carry them to the water. This may take a while, as she can only carry a few hatchlings at a time, and the nest may produce dozens of young alligators.
Protective Pods
Once in the water, the young alligators tend to stay close to their mother and form social groups called pods. These pods offer the young some protection; however, it is their large and intimidating mother that provides most of their protection. When the young are in distress they emit calls that get her attention, and bring her to their aid. Few predators are bold enough to attempt to eat hatchlings when their mother is near.”
My ex was a “Bull Gator”, big contributor to UF, his alma mater. I think he would have been upset with such cruelty. Nobody loves alligators, but they play a role in the environment of the swamp. I mean the Everglades, the real swamp, not the idiot swampers in D.C.
Detroilet?
Last October we had a guy living in a shipping container at the Port of Tacoma, WA with a 5ft. alligator and a calf.
Yeah, everyone knows you are supposed to flush them down a toilet in Manhattan, before they get to be 3 feet long. Sheesh!
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