Another tragedy in Orlando: Alligator drags 2 year old into the water at Disney World

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89. the toddler wasn't swimming; he was wading. not the same thing

and the signs don't warn of gators, they just specify 'no swimming.'

The family is from out-of-state, so may have thought the "no swimming" signs were due to lack of lifeguards. Especially given the proximity of the lagoons to the housing. People from the north (like me) don't generally know what areas are 'prone' to have gators. I know people swim at beaches down in Florida.

Until now, I would have expected warning signs re: gators. Certainly if I was staying at a "high end" Disney resort I wouldn't have been thinking, "gee, there could be gators in that pond." I would have expected that Disney kept its mad-made pond free of dangerous animals.

The orangutan situation was different in that there is no question that a 15 foot drop into a moat is unsafe, the orangutans were visible for all to see and the signs indicated there were orangutans there. So there was no question of potential danger.

And btw, other than the witnesses and those directly involved, nobody knew the color of the mother when they started lashing out. It wasn't until she outed herself on facebook that the vast majority of people learned any details about her.

Also, back when the little boy was killed by the painted dogs at the zoo, there wasn't a lot of mercy for that (white) mother either, after she ignored the signs and lifted her son onto the railing.