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  • VichVich Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2006
    Nice captures!

    Curious, are they dangerous? At Club Med Cancun they had us water skiing around in a swampy lagoon. That night, we saw an 8 footer. Thought it was a hoax until tossed a pebble at it (from behind a 3 foot wall). Talk about incentive to not fall, Yoiks!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2006
    Vich wrote:
    Nice captures!

    Curious, are they dangerous? At Club Med Cancun they had us water skiing around in a swampy lagoon. That night, we saw an 8 footer. Thought it was a hoax until tossed a pebble at it (from behind a 3 foot wall). Talk about incentive to not fall, Yoiks!

    Gators are usually not dangerous. Everyone I've run into has always run away from me. Then you have the times when they don't run away. We have had 4 fatal attacks by gators this year so far and a number of non-fatal attacks. They are much more aggressive during their mating season. Also a lot of folks are just plain stupid. There was this tourist who attempted to feed a gator by hand. She got a bit miffed when the gator couldn't tell the difference between the food and her hand and chomped down on her hand.
    Harry
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