You mean Surfinjo is a moron. He said it, I didn't.
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General / Off-Topic A little boy of 2 years old, snapped up by an alligator ...
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Ah this is awful. How old was the 'gator and did they shoot it even though it may become extinct as our population overcomes them? They shot that Gorilla - just saying.
They might be afraid the alligator might develop a tendency to attack humans.
I do not think it is necessary to blame anyone, least of all the alligator, and certainly not those poor parents.
Bad things happen.
Of course it might be necessary to look into prevention, but in alligator country there will always be danger like this.
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I didn't say they were stupid, just that they lack intelligence.
But the matter is academic and pointless. If it makes people feel any better, round up a few dozen and burn them all alive.
Of course it will. This is America. We burn entire towns to the ground to make us feel better when someone gets killed in any way deemed inappropriate.
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Disney Corp, is very liable, someone is going to be spending a lot of money. No waning signs; only no swimming signs, not why. A few years ago, a parent saw an Alligator, creeping up on his own child about the same age; who was calf deep in another lagoon, on the same estate. He pulled his kid away and spoke to the management. The answer was, oh it's ok, they are park pets. At the time, again: No warning signs, just No swimming signs, as at the latest incident. Someone is going to pay and I'll bet the new signs are in the ground now.
I asked earlier: Where were the parents? A 2 years old should have constant supervision, especially in or near water. So my argument, stands.
The local park guys, shoot a number of alligators after the event: Something to do with there size, I expect.
Alligators and Crocodiles: Simple creatures, out lived the dinosaurs. Carnivores, will eat anything, including each other. Will sit just below the surface for hours, nostrils, sometime breaking the surface to breath. Has second eye lids, so it can see very well under water and has perspective to target pray out of the water. Can leap distances longer then its own body length, in less than a second, in any direction, including, upwards. A single one, will take on any animal, like great white sharks, they are a bit, crazy like that.
The only animal, apart from a well armed men of course; that will deliberately take on a Crocodile or an Alligator, is the Jaguar. They are very adapt at killing alligators. They catch them basking in the sun, creep up on them, jump on their backs and with one bite, crush the alligators skull. The Jaguar, has the most powerful bite, of all of the big cats and they seem to know it.
I asked earlier: Where were the parents? A 2 years old should have constant supervision, especially in or near water. So my argument, stands.
The local park guys, shoot a number of alligators after the event: Something to do with there size, I expect.
Alligators and Crocodiles: Simple creatures, out lived the dinosaurs. Carnivores, will eat anything, including each other. Will sit just below the surface for hours, nostrils, sometime breaking the surface to breath. Has second eye lids, so it can see very well under water and has perspective to target pray out of the water. Can leap distances longer then its own body length, in less than a second, in any direction, including, upwards. A single one, will take on any animal, like great white sharks, they are a bit, crazy like that.
The only animal, apart from a well armed men of course; that will deliberately take on a Crocodile or an Alligator, is the Jaguar. They are very adapt at killing alligators. They catch them basking in the sun, creep up on them, jump on their backs and with one bite, crush the alligators skull. The Jaguar, has the most powerful bite, of all of the big cats and they seem to know it.
I reserve judgement till I'm reasonably certain all the facts are in. The media has a penchant for spinning things or leaving out facts depending on the response they want from people or which political party they serve. One article I read, suggested the kid was snatched near the lake. Another actually suggested he was splashing around IN the lake. I wouldn't pass judgement on the parents yet either, being one myself, I know what can sometimes happen if you take your eyes off your kids for two seconds. Accidents happen. There isn't always a guilty party in every eventuality.
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Don Alvarez made of the irony
The Leopard also. The Hippopotamus likes also to crunch the crocodile. Anaconda also swallows the crocodile
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I read that as well. And that there were clear No swimming signs.
It is a reality that with all the crocodile species, sudden splashing is one of their principal stimulators.
Another interesting, exotic species, the ofter spotted Ozzi, which lives in the N Territories of Australia does seem to have perfected a number of tactics in avoiding these creatures. The Ozzi, as we all know, is found by following its trail of unique detritus, empty lager cans.
Sadly, its distant cousin, the greater stripped American seems to persist in the traditions of its ancient ancestors, destroying whatever it doesn't understand.
Meanwhile the sanctimonious Briton, (generally called the Sanctimon), will continue to sit in its ancient hovel, issuing the Tut Tut Tut sound so typical of this sub-species.
“People – even small people – are not their typical prey,” he said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/06/14/reports-alligator-drags-child-into-water-fla/85905266/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/1...o-lagoon-by-alligator-near-disney-resort.html
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