How do you people live in Florida? HOW?

[alzi]

Bc it's flip flop weather most of the winter.

[underwaterrhymes]

I read that he was 13-feet long.

I lived in Florida and saw gators all the time, but usually in the water or on the banks. If I saw a 13-footer just wandering around, I would have been displeased.

[cville]

Um, duh. Floridians ride alligators to work and therefore reduce impact to the environment. You Wisconsinites drive cars and shit.

[gummybear]

I've been kind of obsessed with this story because it looks sooo fake. I mean, he's smiling! And just sauntering around! And there are pics where golfers are just standing there watching him. Can't alligators run? I'd be freaking out.

[fryjack2]

He looks like he ate a golfer. Why's his throat so saggy?

[fivechickens]

And the golfers were just standing there like it was business as usual. Nooooope!

[Kit]

That....is terrifying.

[CurlyQ284]

Holy crap.

[Kit]

Mar 12, 2015 13:20:04 GMT -5 gummybear said:

I've been kind of obsessed with this story because it looks sooo fake. I mean, he's smiling! And just sauntering around and there pics where golfers are just standing there watching him. Can't alligators run? I'd be freaking out.

He's smiling because he's about to eat a bunch of people! 

[cville]

I'm always surprised by alligators' tails. They're so much larger and fatter than they should be. I tend to think of them as scaly, short-legged dogs.

[CurlyQ284]

I remember visiting my grandparents in Tampa when I was like 4. We asked if we could walk down to the lake (backyard backed up to a lake). Grandma said sure but watch out for gators. Why on earth are you telling a 4 and 5 year old that it's ok to play there and she wasn't going to come with us?! No wonder my parents never let them babysit.

[pittsmcgee]

[gummybear]

Honestly, what freaks me out the most is not his length, rather it's his legs. I thought alligators had short stumpy legs and kind of dragged themselves around on their bellies. This guy has longer legs than I do! He looks like he could run like Carl Lewis or something.

[Deleted]

Whaaat the hell.

[Deleted]

Mar 12, 2015 13:20:22 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

He looks like he ate a golfer. Why's his throat so saggy?

He's old in gator years.  If he's 13', probably 30+ years.

[05heel]

I really can't even deal with this. He could at least have the decency to be warm-blooded.

[Deleted]

These pictures were taken over Christmas break. That's how. 

[fryjack2]

I swear I thought your 2nd picture was going to have an alligator in the swamp just waiting for the right moment to snatch that bottle from your kid's hand @lazerus24.

I was hyperventilating just looking for it's beady eyes.

[snipsnsnails]

ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!

(But, I agree, that pic does look fake after I stopped screaming.)

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Mar 12, 2015 13:31:12 GMT -5 toledo said:

Mar 12, 2015 13:27:26 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

These pictures were taken over Christmas break. That's how. 

I need winter, to have 7 months or so to cover up my fat with sweaters and bulky coats.
What the hell imma do with 12 months of shorts weather?
pfffft.

Sundresses. All day erryday. 

[sequins]

OMG THAT'S HUGE. IT'S LIKE A SMALL GODZILLA.

[waffletime]

[lolobeth802]

He is HUGE. I used to sort of be tra-la-la about alligators, until last year at this time. A 2nd grader was walking her 55lb dog in their very suburban neighborhood, it attacked the dog and dragged it back into the water where it tore it apart.
I take comfort in that we live on a tidal creek and that the water is too salty for them. At least that's what I tell myself!

[fayeelle]

As an adult it freaks my shit out. As a kid I swam in a lake that was home to who knows how many gator. The lifeguards main duty was gator watch. You would just get put when they saw one. At least 2 or 3 dogs would get eaten while on walks with their owners on the same beach. WTF were we or our parents thinking?!?!

DH couldn't believe gators were nearly everywhere including the retention pond at my dads apartment. It blows his damn mind they end up in swimming pools.

[imhischeeseburger]

I hated living in Florida, HATE. California is way better, flip flop weather all year long without flying roaches and humidity. You trade in hurricanes for earthquakes but whatever. I see that as a win. Also better Mexican food.

[CurlyQ284]

Mar 12, 2015 13:37:00 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Fun fact: Alligators are on the endangered species list, so you're not supposed to hunt them. The alligator population has grown so much since they were put on the list that they're a serious problem now (as evidenced by this post) but officials wont take them off the endangered species list so they keep on having dem babies. The alligators are going to take over!

And we've been worried about zombies all this time!

[pantsparty]

I don't know, @lazerus24. Those photos hardly seem safe, IMO.





And letting your child PET an alligator? Jesus laz.

[05heel]

I always wear a life jacket when petting my gator.

[Deleted]

LOL.

[Deleted]

Mar 12, 2015 13:47:12 GMT -5 05heel said:

I always wear a life jacket when petting my gator.

Safety first. Always.