'Absolute dinosaur' gator seen on Florida school path

UPI ^ | May 17, 2024 | Ben Hooper

[ridesthemiles]

Call the people who hunt gators on “SWAMP PEOPLE”.

They have had gators over 14 feet

[Red Badger]

They were here first.....................

[A strike]

3, 4, 5, 30.06 up the spine, then 12ga to the head

[Reynoldo]

Is he trying to work the latch mechanism? 😮😦

[A strike]

are you Really being such a dumbass?

[Hebrews 11:6]

To the victors go the spoils.

[MtnClimber]

I have a big alligator about that size that cruises the shoreline of the lake behind my house several times every day. I have to keep watch when my dogs are in the back yard.

[Red Badger]

Gators are an essential part of the environment.............

[Red Badger]

Good thing they don’t have opposable thumbs........

[ConservativeWarrior]

Just had an 8.5 female removed from our backyard lakeshore. Space coast, FL.

She has started coming into the yard. Called PWC and a gator wrangler trapped her 4 days later. She was not taken alive.

[falcon99]

Yea, like snow birds in the winter

[dontBSme]

“Him” and a few thousand of its relatives

[FLT-bird]

Sign him up. We could use another good Defensive Tackle.

Go GATORS!

[subterfuge]

Yes. You are correct sir. Let’s not forget the 15 foot pythons, coyotes, bear, wild boars, lake otter (will rip your throat out), rattlesnakes. There’s another list for the beaches.

[Hiddigeigei]

When I first came to Florida 50-odd years ago, poachers kept the alligator population down. Since they were protected, their population has soared.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Because their predation keeps populations of other species in check? Which species—toddlers?

[MCF]

“Perhaps the Rio Grande?l
I was thinking more like the Potomac.

[TexasGator]

“When I first came to Florida 50-odd years ago, poachers kept the alligator population down. Since they were protected, their population has soared.”

Back in the there were lots of gators but they mostly were not a threat. We used to swim with them, even at night.

Once we took out a couple (I got a big one with my 8mm Mauser) for a friend as he had too small dogs and two young girls.

[TexasGator]

“3, 4, 5, 30.06 up the spine, then 12ga to the head”

Gator hunters typically use a .22.

[V_TWIN]

Not just winter anymore....since taterhead staggered into the WH, they’ve been moving here in droves.......last time I checked 1500 people A DAY are moving to Florida.