Well, Bill, you’re going to have to get the alligators, too.
You must have missed his recent GD thread, 'cause Bill wants to exterminate the gators too.
Oh, sorry then. Anything else he wants to extinct (Dopers, maybe?) that we should be aware of?
Mosquitoes. Check today’s GQ.
You really are in a bloodthirsty mode lately, Bill. Don’t worry, deer season is only a few months away.
Great article, and i also can’t believe that the national press missed the ‘alligator in nudist colony’ angle.
Of course, typically, the media fucked things up by saying:
The alligator is not a lizard, but a member of the order crocodylia, subfamily Alligatorinae (lizards are of the order squamata). Among other differences, crocodilians have a four-chambered heart, whereas other repitles have three chambers. See this website for more details.
And overall, alligators have attacked fewer people than sharks in the US, even in Florida, where there were 218 alligator attacks, 1948-1995, and 276 shark atacks in the same period; the alligators did tally one more fatality in that time, with 7 as aginst 6 for sharks. Go here for details.
I still say leave them all alone.
I think the sharks just want their piece of the whole 70’s retro pie. Back in the good old 70’s people were afraid to get into the freakin’ tub because of the movie Jaws, now people actually like them. Just look at “Shark Week” on the Discovery Channel. Next thing you know, the Crocodile Hunter is going to be putting bows on their heads. Hell, if Old Navy can cash in, why can’t they?
Hey, I missed that, too. Drat! Usually the St. Pete Times is a very good newspaper. What a let down.
Anyway, it seems to me at least that when a gator gets someone the consequences are typically more dire, as in this case. Very tragic. Its more common for them to eat small dogs, but toddlers are about the right size as well. Its a bit daft for anyone to live on a lake in Florida with toddlers (or small dogs).
True. The great thing, if you were without kids or pets yourself, would be to move into a lakeshore family community. That way there would be plenty of smaller bait to keep the alligators away from you! 