“...they don’t realize alligators can get mean.”
Alligators in Florida have been protected since 1962. The federal protects started in 1967 as they were determined an endangered species and was taken off about 20 years later when they rebounded. But the state still covers them.
They are a wild animal and they will test the bounds of the crowding humans and have lost fear over the years. And that time is long past. And an alligator can turn around 180 degrees in the water in a fraction of a second—often in as little as 0.2 to 0.5 seconds. If it had wanted them, it could have easily gotten a piece of flesh. They are stupid. Darwin material. There’s a reason the Alcatraz prison in California was put in the bay at San Francisco. They had current and sharks. Alligator Alcatraz is self defining. And they have poisonous snakes, also. But the snakes hide from the gators.
wy69
Thank you for reminding people how long the alligators have been running amok.