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Small alligator rescued in Boston after slithering into the city’s heart on social media
AP ^ | 11/13/25 | RODRIQUE NGOWI and PATRICK WHITTLE

Posted on 11/14/2025 2:35:23 PM PST by DallasBiff

BOSTON (AP) — It wasn’t a croc — there really was an alligator on the loose in Boston.

And the story of the city’s slithering saurian appears to have a happy ending. The small alligator, spotted along the Charles River in Boston multiple times this week, has been rescued and delivered to safety, wildlife officials in Massachusetts said Thursday.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alligator; boston

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I have love/hate feelings about gators, they are cute but also deadly.

Well at least the gator was rescued before the Boston winter cold.

1 posted on 11/14/2025 2:35:23 PM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Maybe he loves that muddy water.


2 posted on 11/14/2025 2:36:51 PM PST by posterchild
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To: DallasBiff

That’s one silver lining.


3 posted on 11/14/2025 2:38:34 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: DallasBiff

By its smile, maybe it came from the UK?


4 posted on 11/14/2025 2:38:51 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: DallasBiff

Just keep it well fed...


5 posted on 11/14/2025 2:40:39 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

Gators don’t slither. They lie in wait knock you over with their tail and drag you into the murky depths.


6 posted on 11/14/2025 3:13:11 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: All

Alligatah


7 posted on 11/14/2025 3:22:39 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: DallasBiff

See you later, alligator!


8 posted on 11/14/2025 3:40:56 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: lastchance

You haven’t lived until you’ve stood wearing sandals, in a tiny cramped college utility room, looking at a Dumerils Boa you want to buy, while a 5’ alligator is flopping in and out of its kiddy pool and scrambling wildly over your nearly bare feet.

/one star. do not recommend


9 posted on 11/14/2025 4:22:11 PM PST by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRD)
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