Monster gator

[My Pet Orangutan]

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[RainCaster]

1. I love the follow-ons...

What are you folks in FL feeding them?

Transplants from New York.

[2naSalit]

2. Looks bigger than an SUV!

[Solly Mack]

3. He's an old gator. I hope he's allowed to get older.

[My Pet Orangutan]

4. They get that big?

'yuge'

[Solly Mack]

5. They get bigger when allowed to live.

[My Pet Orangutan]

6. +1

[Solly Mack]

7. Almost 20 feet and weighing in at 1 ton is the record here in Louisiana.

An alligator will try to kill/eat you - given the chance, its level of hunger, if there are eggs, how threatened it feels, but mostly they try to avoid humans.

Definitely eat your pet though. Idiots walk their dogs near alligator ponds here all the time - and they know better.

[My Pet Orangutan]

8. I once read about a couple of guys in FL trying to break into a car.

One ran off and jumped into a nearby bayou. A moma gator was there, guarding her eggs. It did not end well.

A joke on the thread - "how fast can it run, asking for a friend" "A: Whichever one of you is slower".

[Solly Mack]

9. I go around them but never too near them. They hang out at some of my

favorite places for photography. Just keep a safe distance.

People tend to make such jokes when they are around them. We all laugh a little nervously. But we all keep one eye on the water's edge.

You ever get the chance to walk or drive the Creole Nature Trail, do it. The wildlife is wonderful to see - even the gators.

[csziggy]

10. Looks about the same size as Humpy at Circle B Park south of Lakeland!

He's got a bit of a humped back, thus the name. I saw him in the water - while most gators disappear except for their eyes and snout, Humpy's back sticks up out of the water, too.