Posted on 04/30/2024 2:23:53 PM PDT by Morgana
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a warning to migrants who might attempt to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico illegally — “Alligators are in the Rio Grande. FYI there are warning signs posted in some sectors. Cross at your own risk.”
Governor Abbott’s warning was posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday and accompanied a video posted by local resident Luis De La Torre in Eagle Pass showing a large alligator swimming in the Rio Grande. According to Border Patrol agents in the city, a pair of large alligators have been sighted in the area for years.
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One Border Patrol agent assigned to patrol the Rio Grande in the area says the agents frequently encounter the two alligators between the north end of the city and the two ports of entry near the heart of downtown. The source, not authorized to speak to the media, says the alligators are pets that escaped from a veterinarian who lived north of the city around twenty years ago. The non-breeding pair escaped from an enclosure during a Rio Grande flooding event.
The source says there have been no reported encounters between the gators and the thousands of migrants that have crossed the Rio Grande since their escape. “The alligators don’t seem to be fearful of the airboats we use. They will swim along the side of the boat out of curiosity,” the source added.
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Use democrats for chum.
I live on the Nueces River north of Mathis, TX. We have 12’to 13’ feet gators in Lake Corpus Christi. Had a 12’er come up on my canal bank.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they are naturally occurring in the Rio Bravo
They can travel great distances over dry land.
One of my farmer friends had one in his pond
Illegals taste like Chicken - Rio Grande Alligator
Freshwater (Amazon River).
Nope-fresh water fish-they live in the Amazon river, and some people keep piranhas and the equally bloodthirsty Pacu as home aquarium pets-wonder how many have been turned loose in the warm water of the S. Texas rivers...
That was my first thought. Let the prehistoric monstes take care of the problem.
Isn’t it amazing what you can order online? :P
Yes that is sort of what I was thinking about.
Some type of Nile Crocodile that would thrive in the Rio Grande Valley was what I had in mind.
Although I did not know that freshwater crocs don’t usually attack humans. Bummer!
And landmines.
My wife had suggested this three years ago.
I was wonder where she had been last weekend.
“ I say we raid the Everglades and get some more”
Louisiana is closer, and bubba says they be some big O gators down in the swamp!!
Oh boy. I know there’s some crazy Florida boys who can catch a bunch of big gators in Lake Jessup. Someone needs to pay them to catch and transport them for release in TX.
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