OMFG - Out of the water! (photo warning for some)

[Are_grits_groceries]

The alligator will not be charged with hunting deer out of season, animal cruelty, or any one of several possible water quality violations. He may, however, be charged with being one mean gator. If we could catch him... Or wanted to...

“One advantage of fire work is you get to see that 12-14 footers are common from Santee National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina to Coastal South Carolina to Georgia’s coast,” said Jenkins. “It looks like the alligator population is doing extremely well.”

This one was at least 12-13 feet long. Jenkins said that some bull alligators have a 35 inch girth.

http://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2004/r04-073.html

I know they are big and strong, but shit! They are also very fast for short distances.

[Solly Mack]

1. He's gotta eat

Good picture

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Nature takes its course.

I am not upset, but someone might be. Hope it was short and sweet though. :hi:

[Solly Mack]

11. I used to go out and watch them back home.

especially at night...

Safely..from my car. :)

Listened in one night on a gator capture. The gator-pond was managed to keep the the bigger gators out by removing them once they reached a certain length. The crew that night was in a small truck and using a rope. The area ranger made a beeline to the waters once news of this came over the radio. He wanted to see the "fools" trying to catch a 15 foot gator in a Toyota truck and a rope. Needless to say but hijinks ensued. We could hear everything happening - the shouts and screams...the cursing...as well as the ranger's laughter.

No one got hurt...just barely. The gator remained. The rope was destroyed. 2 tire trucks died for the cause and the limb of a small tree became driftwood.

[Are_grits_groceries]

18. LOL!

I've been around some fools like that. They begin with,"Here. Hold my beer....."

[uppityperson]

17. Thank you for putting the warning in the subject line so those who chose to click

are doing so with the realization they might not like what they see.


Wild picture, by the way.

[Are_grits_groceries]

19. Some will click it anyway.

Nothing like righteous indignation.

[uppityperson]

20. Yup.

Since you have telekinetic powers, would you do me a favor? You could make my day wonderful by cleaning up my house before I get home tonight. It might sort of balance out the ruining someone's whole day thing.

[Are_grits_groceries]

25. No problemo. I'll get to work right now. nt

[uppityperson]

42. I'm home and THANK YOU!!!!!

Actually, the new belt for the vacuum was finally waiting in the mailbox for me.

[BuyingThyme]

34. I have more of a problem with the size of the pic.

Snacks are good.

[Liberal_in_LA]

44. Yeah, I'd rather see the gator with a box of tofu in his/her jaw

:cry:

[cynatnite]

2. Bambi's mom! n/t

[Xenotime]

4. Why do you have to glorify violence like that.

This image has made me ill. Thank you for ruining my day.

[tangent90]

6. It's horrible! Why just this morning I saw a robin dragging a poor defenseless worm

out of the ground and then this evil bird ATE it!

[Belial]

9. .

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Why do you hate the natural world?

[Belial]

8. Nature is not all trees and pretty birds.. this is life..

Get a GRIP.. I believe thats why the poster said PHOTO WARNING..

[elleng]

12. More like 'glorifying' nature.

Violence is another thing, imo.

[Iktomiwicasa]

13. I hope you aren't serious

The alligator is just doing what good alligators do to make a living. He obviously has good taste in fresh meat too :)

[ddeclue]

27. Maybe we could talk him into eating the sawgrass instead?

A vegetarian gator anyone?

:rofl:

[pleah]

14. It is called Nature.

:eyes:

[havocmom]

15. Go ahead and try to talk some sense into that gator

Take some PETA members with you. He'll listen.

[quickesst]

22. "Take some PETA members with you."

..No. Take ALL the PETA members with you. Thanks.
quickesst

[uppityperson]

16. That will teach you to click on a link that says "photo warning".

Carniverous animals eat other animals. Don't click on links with photo warnings unless you are prepared to see something. If you do click, you have taken responsibility for looking and may ruin your own day.

[Rhiannon12866]

52. I thought the "photo warning" was for dial up users...

:-(

[tanngrisnir3]

21. Oh, don't worry, the gator and the deer are just playing.

I'm sure the deer is just fine.

[ddeclue]

26. He's teaching the deer how to swim...

:P

[punkin87]

45. Or saving her because she can't.

[kestrel91316]

28. Nature taking its course makes you ill? That's beyond pathetic.

I suppose you want to pass a law making it illegal for alligators to kill poor, defenseless little Bambis.......

And next, you can pass laws keeping Black Phoebes from killing and eating poor defenseless flying insects.

There's a lot of "violence" in this ol' world. Better get used to it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

29. Come on....

Just think of how happy the alligator and those babies waiting back home are now, with their bellies all full and yummy.

That reminds me.

I'm hungry.

[burythehatchet]

33. I understand how you feel. As a lapsed vegetarian, sometimes images like that

make me feel ill as well.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

35. The alligator should have gone to Chili's like normal reptiles.

[Sheets of Easter]

39. O noes! Nature! It's so vile!

[Obamanaut]

41. This is not violence. This is nature. In nature, some things eat

other things, that's just the way it is.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

46. Can you read? The OP did warn everyone about the photo.

[anigbrowl]

48. Oh dear. Here's something to make it all better.

In return, please refrain from procreation.

[Are_grits_groceries]

50. Oh noes! Care Bears!

You should have had a warning for that post.:P

[MrScorpio]

55. You're not going to make me guilty for enjoying nature shows

When the lion catches the gazelle, it dinner not sport


That's the way things are

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Oh, great..............

(True story)

I just woke up - about half an hour ago - from a luxurious afternoon nap (getting over a bug), from a dream that I was in a boat in a big swimming pool and an alligator had gotten into the pool. It wasn't bothering me, but it did go after the small whale in the pool, and when I saw it eyeing the giraffe, I took an oar and started hitting its snout. I got scared when its eyes met mine, but I kept hitting and then I saw that a big helicopter overhead had sent down a large scoop to lift out the whale. I figured it would get to the alligator soon enough.

Then I woke up.

Now I come here and see this.

I need new drugs........................

[Johnyawl]

24. Oh, I don't about that...

..."I need new drugs"

The ones you're taking seem to be doing a pretty good job. It's been awhile since I had a hallucination..er..I mean dream that vivid. :D

[Tangerine LaBamba]

30. My dreams are always like that

I should just film them and show them in theaters. Too weird.

You're right, though - the drugs I have are doing a fine job.

:toast:

[MattBaggins]

10. Just a suggestion

crop the pic

[ddeclue]

23. A Gator's Gotta Eat Man... that's just a baby.. come down to FL..

where we grow REAL gators..

That one's under the limit you'll just have to put him back in the swamp son...

:rofl:

[Ikonoklast]

31. The people that lived three doors down from my folks

in New Port Richie who were recent transplants from the north were warned not to let their toy poodles out without being on a leash.

There was a two-acre retaining pond directly behind the property that was full of gators.


They should have listened.

:cry:

[Sultana]

32. Don't tell PETA

[depakid]

36. That's one big gator

I'm sure he'd make quick work of a human, too.

[MrSlayer]

37. Cool.

That's a pretty big guy there.

[Tab]

38. Oh yeah...

Those bastards can scoot when they want to.

[whoneedstickets]

40. Dang, I thought all deer died in their sleep of natural causes...

surrounded by their loving family deer.

[prolesunited]

43. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, alligators gotta eat.

I actually cheered for the gator a little bit when I saw that pic.

[Lorien]

47. They do get big, which is why it's best to keep your distance:

unlike this numbnuts:



I've learned since I moved here to Florida that the damned things can also climb trees. :scared:

[Iggo]

49. JESUS!

[fortyfeetunder]

56. Climb trees?

Holy holy moley!

[Mother Of Four]

51. Whoa-

That's one big scaley there.

Awsome pic, thanks for posting it. :)

[bridgit]

53. Look like quite the catch!

[MrScorpio]

54. The Circle of Life...

South Cakalaka Style