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FLPanhandle

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17. That's correct.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #15)

Wed Aug 30, 2017, 07:35 AM

Aug 2017

I have gators in the bayou behind my house. I swim and boat around them all the time. They really don't bother anyone.

The problem gators are the ones that have been feed by humans and associate humans with food. That's the scary thing about these gators. They all probably associate humans with food. When hungry go to the human, he has the raw chicken...

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Unlike wild alligators, these gators are used to being fed by humans FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #12

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True, wild is wild FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #16

You're exactly right. Same here on the coast of SC. bluepen Aug 2017 #23

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That's correct. FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #17

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