A Gator

Just because..

Does your gator bite ?

No but he likes marshmallows..

I saw a Gator like that once in the water hazard on the back nine during a visit to Hilton Head Island. I figured he could just keep the ball.

They like burger buns too..

I'm down in Ft. Myers, Florida right now, and the big news story 2 days ago was about an 18 yr old boy who went swimming (duh) in a canal in Naples. He encountered a 10 ft. 2 in. gator. The gator grabbed him, dragged him down, and bit his hand clear off. He was lucky that the gator let go and he was able to get to a hospital. A tracker was called in to find the gator, which he did. The gator was killed, its stomach was opened, and they recovered the boy's hand. But the last news report I heard was that they were not yet able to reattach it. We just saw a gator in our community's marina, which is on the Caloosahatchee River. It was approx. 4 ft. long, and looked just like the picture in this thread. It's one thing to see them on the Discovery channel, quite another to see one in person in real life! Recently, there was one that was walking between homes here and was swishing its tail, damaging one home's siding along the way. I think I'll stick with our deer and black bears up in the Poconos!

Richard S. wrote:My Brother is professional Firefighter and was working at Sunny Point for a few years which is on Cape Fear. I took the girlfriend and her daughter there,daughter was about 6 at the time and completely fearless. He mentioned the alligators at one point, the daughter went walking down by this little pond he had keeping an eye on the water cause she knew they liked water. Being the devil I am I threw a rock when she wasn't looking, she looked like the Roadrunner taking off. Yea it was mean but funny as hell.

LOL, that is very funny, even just picturing it in my head!

When I was still working for a living, during extended trips to Kennedy Space Center we would always make a visit to the alligators on the Air Force side of the base. There were several and one really large one that had been named George. They were easy to find in their favorite pool. I always kept my distance and most of the time just looked from the car. If you stayed too long the base security would come and chase you away.

You know I discovered these gators when a saw a 7 year old girl throwing rocks at them..lol

Where was the picture taken? Don't tell me that they have gators in Michigan!

Well no gators in MI, it was taken somewhere in the gulf area, we were in Venice, LA but I think it was taken after that. Nice shot done with a strobe...