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Giant alligator is back at Florida golf course, and he’s hungry
WOKV ^ | 03/27/15 | Jonathan Tully

Posted on 03/28/2015 2:40:28 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — That massive alligator is back on a golf course, and he appears to be hungry. Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood posted photos of the gator the staff calls “Goliath” (good name for him) on the golf course’s Facebook page. This time, the big guy is apparently in the process of devouring a turtle.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alligator; florida; golf; wildlife
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Gated community? I’d be ashamed to admit it, may as well be a yankee liberal.


41 posted on 03/28/2015 10:35:31 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Go Gators!


42 posted on 03/28/2015 10:35:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EEGator
I prefer the "Old School" Albert.


43 posted on 03/28/2015 10:36:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 9thLife
"...bigger than a golf ball."

Thanks! In the first picture it looked rather more Jurassic Park sized:


44 posted on 03/28/2015 10:38:36 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
There isn't one part of America where man hasn't displaced wild critters. It's not "their" place...it's the place of whoever is the most dominant.

That does not mean we should kill wild critters indiscriminately. But it does mean it's not their place just because they got there first. And when it's a case of them or us, I say we take care of us.

45 posted on 03/28/2015 11:32:46 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: mountn man

I am betting Goliath would just snack on that cat


46 posted on 03/28/2015 11:34:56 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: driftless2

That gator isn’t a threat to anyone other than idiots. The traffic on the road to the golf course is what you need to worry about.


47 posted on 03/28/2015 11:41:38 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: elcid1970

“I had read that gators eat golf balls because it helps their digestion.”

I’m thinking it would hurt like heck coming out.


48 posted on 03/28/2015 12:56:09 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: 9thLife

Just out of curiosity, what do the official golf rules stipulate about that kind of putt?


49 posted on 03/28/2015 1:04:18 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Not saying he was a threat. Just responding to the insinuation by many people that we are invading a certain critter's natural abode, and the critter has precedence over humans.

There are no places on earth where one species has a preferred presence over over humans. If we can make a home of it, it's our place. Other species come secondary.

50 posted on 03/28/2015 1:06:58 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: Gen.Blather
I’m thinking it would hurt like heck coming out.

It seems swallowing live animals completely WHOLE (bones and all) doesn't seem to bother them on the exit end.

51 posted on 03/29/2015 6:53:40 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

“It seems swallowing live animals completely WHOLE (bones and all) doesn’t seem to bother them on the exit end. “

Stomach acid dissolves bones. Remember the guy with the monkey who comes into the bar? The monkey takes a maraschino cherry and jams it up its butt. He then eats the cherry. It’s because last time he swallowed a Q ball. Now he checks everything for fit.


52 posted on 03/30/2015 2:33:48 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather
Stomach acid dissolves bones.

Drop the golf ball in a bottle of Coke. Or a penny.

Then remember that your stomach acids are much, much stronger.

53 posted on 03/31/2015 4:21:51 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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