.. in a leisure park of Disney World --- Are we dreaming ? --- http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...gged-alligator-disney-20160614-story.html?njg
General / Off-Topic A little boy of 2 years old, snapped up by an alligator ...
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Its a shame. I have family in Orlando and have been many times, and I can tell you when visiting I just assume every pond, lake, water hazard, bush and mud puddle has a gator lurking in it. They aren't something you just to go to Gatorland Zoo to see. In most tourist places, everything is clearly marked to stay away from the edge of the water, but I guess alot of people don't wan't to be troubled by reading signs.
I think 2 year olds, may have issues reading the signs. One has to ask, what were the parents doing? Also, something that is troubling me; is the fact, that the body was found in tact. I understand, these animals leave prey wedged underwater to tenderise it, but I was lead to believe, that was for bigger prey. So not too sure that we have the whole truth here.
I find that in a leisure park for the children, the barriers are not a luxury
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Well seen. Yes the parents are primarily responsible
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That's awful.
I can imagine that people think a theme park has safe ponds and lakes though.
I can imagine that people think a theme park has safe ponds and lakes though.
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An animal which attacks a human, must be killed. It is the rule. The dogs have been domesticated by eliminating the more ferocious. However, domesticate the alligators seems utopian
Understood in the case of an animal which understands what it did, but an Alligator?
It didn't exactly think it through. Any more than a tree decides to fall or a river decides to drown someone.
Although it's easy to blame the parents, it's a bit more complicated.
I read on a website : "It seems that the alligator can stay several weeks without eating. It is indeed under the water, to wait for a prey as for mammals, same of the birds, which would approach too much near the edge of the water, to drink or bathe. It therefore appears that the alligator is a formidable predator, discreet and intelligent "
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It is effectively the first sense of this thread. And now, Disney announced that it is going to install signs of warnings. This is really the minimum
No, all the crocodiles have brains the size of a pea. They are predicable and entirely instinctive. They react to certain movements in a predicable manner, which has been perfected over, possibly hundreds of millions of years.
They are dangerous, in much the same way as sharks and other large, predatory, primitive creatures.
I'm sure many websites will seek to sensationalise the 'Treat' these creatures pose to our very existence, in much the same way as occurred a number of years ago with Sharks.
It's nonsense.
These creatures are no more dangerous than a river or unstable cliffs.
To their great surprise, very recently scientists have discovered that of fishes with a very small brain know how to recognize a face through the glass of the aquarium ...
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You people simply don't understand Gators. perfect ambush predators. their longevity proves that. there were no signs warning of alligators, simply "no swimming" you can't predict what you don't know. those people were from Nebraska, there are no predators there. You cannot blame the parents.
Disney is guilty
Well, Surfinjo says they're stupid, entirely predictable, and no more dangerous than an eyedropper. So that if you should happen to get killed by one, you've really only yourself to blame.