I admit it, I'm dumb about alligators.

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182. Note "first fatal attack since 2007"

and don't demonize wild animals. Human attacks are very rare. Pit bulls kill more Floridians than gators.

Accidents happen. Life entails risk. Nature cannot be rendered perfectly safe. People need to be responsible.

Already they are stupidly killing gators in the area. That's messed up. We have taken their habitat and moved in around them.

I've been within a foot of hundreds of gators on land and never fear them. (I'm a wildlife biologist!)?Respect them, be careful, but on land you can always outrun them as an adult they are very unlikely to attack you.

I have no opinion on Disneys liability here. I'm sure a jury will ding them good, and maybe it's deserved. But gators themselves are magnificent animals.

That's all, I just want to defend the animals. As a parent my heart breaks for the family, but as usual America overreacts. I'll bet a dog killed someone somewhere in the US in the last month. Does that mean we demonize all dogs?