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marmar

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Tue Jul 14, 2020, 08:45 PM Jul 2020

Florida man sings to relax anxious gators during pandemic


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(WFLA) – A man who makes his living performing with alligators in Orlando is finding himself trying to calm the animals during the coronavirus pandemic.

Michael Womer, a St. Petersburg native known as the “Gator Crusader,” says the lack of visitors to his gators is making them “anxious.”

Womer has been singing and reading to his gators to calm them down.

“They don’t know exactly what’s happening, but they do register something is going on,” Womer explained. ..............(more)

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-man-sings-to-relax-anxious-gators-during-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR26UbJMgwRDKxDac9Dk392b6O1yMBBzh9NLjCPirx1IF2ZQLEXmQ_RUHQU




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Florida man sings to relax anxious gators during pandemic (Original Post) marmar Jul 2020 OP
That's sweet. Solly Mack Jul 2020 #1
Oddly, I've heard customerserviceguy Jul 2020 #2
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