Attack of the alligators
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I seem to have missed all the reports...The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
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It was reported that during mating season they're aggressive and they don't eat as much. Horny and hungry.
I guess we'd all be a little cranky.Comment
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The illegal immigrants are feeding them crack cocaine. It's a big conspiracy of terrorists.Wooden boats are like shingles, recurring, and often painful.Comment
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Oh dear. Sorry. I was just thinking about how odd it would be to get used to seeing alligators.Wooden boats are like shingles, recurring, and often painful.Comment
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Only 17 fatal attacks have been reported since 1948 but three in the last week.
On Sunday afternoon, friends of Annemarie Campbell found her inside the mouth of an alligator during a snorkeling trip near Ocala National Forest in the central part of the state, according to Heather Danenhower, a spokeswoman for the Marion County fire and rescue department.
The friends said they jumped on the alligator until it opened its mouth and released Ms. Campbell, 23, of Paris, Tenn. They took her to shore, where she was pronounced dead.
Also on Sunday, the body of Judy W. Cooper, 43, was found in a canal in Pinellas County, about 120 miles southwest of Ocala. Her upper body had bite marks consistent with those made by an alligator, according to the local medical examiner's office.
Last week, Yovy Suarez Jiménez, 28, died when an alligator apparently attacked her as she jogged near a canal in the South Florida city of Sunrise. Ms. Jiménez was dragged into the canal, according to the medical examiner who performed the autopsy.
Both of Ms. Jiménez's arms were severed, and she had bites to her back and right leg. A 10-foot alligator believed to have attacked her was later found and killed.Comment
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Does indeed sound grisly.
... one of my favourite Far Side cartoons was the 2 polar bears talking as they break into an igloo...
"Man I love these things. Hard crunchy outside, soft chewy centre ..."If I use the word "God," I sure don't mean an old man in the sky who just loves the occasional goat sacrifice. - Anne Lamott
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When I was a kid alligators were not considered very dangerous. I routinely swam in canals where they lived, often caught small ones. As the human population has grown and moved into their territories individual gators have lost their fear of man. Fifty years ago I recall a big gator grabbing a park ranger's foot as he stepped off the dock into his boat at Coot Bay Pond (Everglades Park). Fortunately the ranger got away and we didn't think much about it. Big gators bite and roll, twisting off what they have in their teeth. Not a fun thing if they have your arm. Ten years ago we had an elderly Miccosukee Indian lady in the hospital minus an arm. She'd been washing clothes in a canal when a gator took her arm. As I recall, she was 90 yrs old, tough as nails. Years ago a friend of mine, actually Janet Reno's baby brother Mark, used to "wrestle" alligators at a Miccosukee village. Got his hand crunched by a small gator. The hand swelled up like a catcher's mitt. Gave me pause to think about swimming with them.Comment
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Originally posted by TomFDoes indeed sound grisly.
... one of my favourite Far Side cartoons was the 2 polar bears talking as they break into an igloo...
"Man I love these things. Hard crunchy outside, soft chewy centre ..."Comment
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Originally posted by StilettoThe three examples I heard of were all women.
I wonder if they were menstruating.Comment
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