Alligator rescued after six months trapped in drainage pipe

UPI ^ | APRIL 24, 2024 / 1:20 PM | Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

Must be GATOR WEEK on Discovery Channel..................

[thinden]

Hungry boy

[Red Badger]

Six months is a bit unbelievable...............

[waterhill]

I dunno, my wife’s kinfolk (from LA) have hunted those things and say they can ‘sleep’ for a long time.

[telescope115]

He looks pissed…..

[Red Badger]

I would be too!.................

[Red Badger]

I suppose 6 months is possible.

After all, they have survived through many Ice Ages.................

[V_TWIN]

If they can survive this I’d say 6 months in a pipe is plausible...however, how do they know it was 6 months? 🤔

Video shows an alligator ‘frozen’ in ice during a cold blast in Texas — but it’s still alive

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-alligator-frozen-ice-texas-still-alive-brumation-snout-breathing-2024-1

[Red Badger]

Maybe the Gator was wearing an Apple watch..............It keeps track of sleep time...............

[waterhill]

I remember that. It was during the ice storm.

[V_TWIN]

🤷 UNBELIEVABLE! LOL!

[Red Badger]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😎......................

[Dick Bachert]

[waterhill]

It’s funny, kind of, but most people really can’t fathom how common they are East of the Rio Grande.

They are up and down the three forks of the Trinity. We have them here at Cedar Creek Lake for sure, but are rather shy. Because nobody feeds them!

My game warden friend was telling me about one in Kaufman city lake, but it moved on. They do migrate.

There is also an alligator ‘refuge’ in s.e. Dallas County near Parsons slough. Has signs up and all.

[waterhill]

They have a taxidermist one at the museum at Fair Park in Dallas. 14ft. or so, it was killed when they were building I20 over the river in s.Dallas.

There is also a big guy who hangs out at the Kings creek golf course. Signs say Do NotFeed Him! He has a name, I cannot remember.

[waterhill]

Now I gotta watch Happy Gilmore....

[Verginius Rufus]

There is also an alligator refuge in s.e. Dallas County...Has signs up and all.

So alligators now can read?

[waterhill]

Har, har.
It’s where they(game wardens) relocate them, which is stupid.

[waterhill]

Signs warn the public in case they try to fish there. As if they can read.....