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33. Exactly. During the day they seem passive and love sunning themselves. ...

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 10:01 PM

Jun 2016

I've ate picnics in parks where alligators were sunning themselves 50 feet away. I didn't bother them and they had no interest in me or my family. We just coexisted.

That could change at night.

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I'd like to say that I very much prefer to talk about Alligators [View all] Aerows Jun 2016 OP

I'm sure there are more than a few missing children in GDP. rug Jun 2016 #1

Amen to that. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #2

It's pretty easy to simply Sherman A1 Jun 2016 #3

Destress - Trash GD:_P liberal N proud Jun 2016 #4

I just can't go in there anymore Aerows Jun 2016 #5

Year after year after year... the same nastiness and spite from some. demmiblue Jun 2016 #6

Massive energy burn. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #12

And it's always the same very few people who create 90% of the ugliness. QC Jun 2016 #55

Fried gator is pretty good. ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2016 #7

That last bit is TMI liberal N proud Jun 2016 #8

Yeah, I avoided Aerows Jun 2016 #10

Fried gator Aerows Jun 2016 #9

I've never had frog legs. ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2016 #14

I don't have food phobias, so unfortunately, I can't relate. Aerows Jun 2016 #15

Doesn't gator have to be marinated in acid and have the tar pounded out of it? AngryAmish Jun 2016 #39

Turtle is very tasty Aerows Jun 2016 #40

Not near as good as turtle GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #42

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Mon Dieu, that's the truth GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #48

Me too Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2016 #11

It is downright bizzare to me that Louisiana and Florida both have about GumboYaYa Jun 2016 #13

I live and grew up in the Cajun belt. Aerows Jun 2016 #16

It's that Cajun spiciness - gators have sensitive palates. nt hack89 Jun 2016 #23

They wouldn't Aerows Jun 2016 #30

Even Florida gators SwankyXomb Jun 2016 #27

Isn't that a function to geography? AngryAmish Jun 2016 #41

Not at all GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #44

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To borrow a quote from Archer Rocknrule Jun 2016 #17

I love that show Aerows Jun 2016 #31

Alligators are about as cute and endearing as humans are. Quantess Jun 2016 #18

I haven't gotten that cynical yet. Aerows Jun 2016 #19

Oh, don't forget the lampshade serial killer! Quantess Jun 2016 #20

That was real!? Aerows Jun 2016 #21

I get mixed up about Ed Gein and the clown serial killer, Quantess Jun 2016 #22

I hang out my underwear in the carport to dry. A big gecko got into them... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #24

See, I'd rather read about this Aerows Jun 2016 #29

Beats a skink. Those guys will put a bite on you. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #60

On no, they are extremely cute! Aerows Jun 2016 #61

I like them too. They are smart. Years ago, the family was clearing out trash and came across... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #62

This one stayed away malaise Jun 2016 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Gomez163 Jun 2016 #26

I live in Florida and have been fairly close to a number of alligators ... spin Jun 2016 #28

In short spurts Aerows Jun 2016 #32

Exactly. During the day they seem passive and love sunning themselves. ... spin Jun 2016 #33

During the day Aerows Jun 2016 #34

I feel messing with an alligator is a bad idea. (n/t) spin Jun 2016 #37

There isn't anything Aerows Jun 2016 #38

no shit OneGrassRoot Jun 2016 #35

LOL! Aerows Jun 2016 #36

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Moon bombing? Aerows Jun 2016 #46

Oh my god, the moon bombing threads were EPIC. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #49

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Here's the backstory: NASA crashed a probe into the moon in 2009 to get data, including Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #52

Okay, I'll revise my statement Aerows Jun 2016 #53

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The pee bucket talk libodem Jun 2016 #47

I stand corrected. Aerows Jun 2016 #50

I don't envy Skinner the job of trying to put this place QC Jun 2016 #54

QC - I wash my hands of it. Aerows Jun 2016 #56

I've never been there except as a juror. ronnie624 Jun 2016 #57

I'm big on getting a knife to the chest Aerows Jun 2016 #58

Sounds nice. I am more of a Crocodile kinda guy. Xyzse Jul 2016 #66