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Alligator relocated from former Coca-Cola plant put on weight-loss diet
UPI ^
| MARCH 26, 2024 / 1:50 PM
| Ben Hooper
Posted on 03/28/2024 10:43:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
March 26 (UPI) -- An alligator found living behind a former Coca-Cola plant in Florida has been put on a diet to lose some of its over 400 pounds.
The 9-foot gator was relocated from the grounds of the former Coca-Cola plant in Temple Terrace after neighbors raised concerns about a damaged fence around the retention pond.
The alligator was taken to Croc Encounters, where veterinarians decided to put the over-400-pound reptile on a weight loss diet.
"That's a little heavy for that animal," Croc Encounters Director John Panner told WFLA-TV.
Neighbors living near the plant said some locals had been feeding the gator, which they nicknamed Coca-Cola. The goliath gator was reported served lunch meat and hams by nearby residents.
Panner said the alligator's new diet will be more well-suited to his species.
"All of our alligators get a mix of pellet diet," he said. "We'll also feed fish, we also feed chicken, we'll do that on a regular basis, and hopefully he'll slim down a bit."
TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: florida
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Yep, Florida!
Where even our alligators are obese!..................
To: V_TWIN; dfwgator; EEGator; TexasGator; gator
Fat Gator ping!..................
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:44:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:44:39 AM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: FamiliarFace
Looks like he’s smiling!....................
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:47:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Can’t fool me. It was the HFCS that they put in the beverages that caused it to be fat.
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:48:38 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Red Badger
A 9mm bullet would have been cheaper.
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:49:10 AM PDT
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: Red Badger
diet also consists of small dogs and cats, rodents, children
To: Red Badger
those residents that fed him hams, deserved to be eaten.......
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:50:04 AM PDT
by
GotMojo
( )
To: PAR35
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:51:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: rigelkentaurus
Burmese Pythons.....................
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:52:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Even though “Gator” isn’t in my handle, you should remember to ping me for any Gator threads. I was born a Gator, and I’ll be a Gator until I die. ;)
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:53:27 AM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: Colt1851Navy
Illegal to kill alligators in Florida without a license...............
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:53:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Colt1851Navy
A 9mm wouldn’t phase a gator too much….
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:54:30 AM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: Red Badger
He was so happy before they put him on a diet to lose weight.
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:55:38 AM PDT
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FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: Smittie
“A 9mm wouldn’t phase a gator too much….”
Gator hunters often use .22’s to finish them off.
To: Red Badger
It shouldn’t be. There’s too many running around. I say let’s make belts, shoes, and purses with their skin again, like when I was a kid. Alligators are no longer endangered.
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:57:24 AM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: FamiliarFace
Will try and remember!..............
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:59:31 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
What if you accidentally run over a gator?
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posted on
03/28/2024 10:59:49 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: FamiliarFace
Black bears aren’t either but we can’t kill them. Now we are up to our keisters in black bears..............
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:00:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: dforest
That happens. People usually just keep on truckin’................
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:01:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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