Gators are the new Shark

[fishwax]

and Gator Attacks are the new Shark Attack. Ah, summer news ...

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14580528.htm

Sad story, to be sure, and I wish the best for the families ...

[VolcanoJen]

1. MSNBC just led the "Update" news hour with GATOR ATTACKS!

Woot!!!

[fishwax]

3. just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water! n/t

[rucky]

7. Where's Swamp Rat? We need a graphic. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

2. It happens a lot after hurricanes

A long time ago after a hurricane I saw a gator in someone's back yard in New Orleans East.

[fishwax]

4. makes sense. somebody also mentioned fires

forcing them out of their habitat as a theory (haven't really followed the news about florida fires myself, I guess)

[TomInTib]

5. I am thanking my Lucky Stars that I am 70 feet above the Bay

Oh!.
That's right.
The big sharks left the Bay after the '89 Loma Prieto 'quake.

WHEW!!!

[VolcanoJen]

6. Study: Alligators Dangerous No Matter How Drunk You Are

From The Onion, of course. }(

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48203

[fishwax]

15. hilarious

:rofl:

[aikoaiko]

8. time for thin the population.

http://myfwc.com/gators/public.htm

There's a .357 in my tacklebox just in case its needed.

[Coexist]

9. May is mating season for gators in Florida

If you live near them - you NEED to know this. They are waaaaay more aggressive now.

[Lochloosa]

11. You beat me to it FLDem5. I was just about to post this.

I have lived around gators all my life. They are normally nonagressive. But, in the spring the males start moving around and looking for mates. They can get a little cranky.

[Coexist]

12. Ha ha! I beat you!

:P

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. I'm tired of gators getting blamed: it's the Governor of FL eating kids

On a more serious note: I bet FL voters will see past this Bushit and realize economics are the reason they don't get many tourists this year.

[Coexist]

13. Okay - I am watching an idiot reporter standing almost IN the reeds

at the edge of a lake where "two gators are reported having been sighted".

MSNBC 10:18 a.m.

What a flippin' idiot.

[raccoon]

14. If gators develop a taste for media hos, I'll raise them in my

bathtub. :silly:

[Kingshakabobo]

16. LOL.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[slybacon9]

17. Anyone remember what the big scare was the summer before 9-11?

Bush was at about 35% after being in office for 6 months. And everyone was scared of sharks that were attacking, I believe off the coast of Florida.


how very odd.

[Supersedeas]

18. Corporate Media outlets looking for diversions