It's that time of the year. Spring time when the attentions of the bull
gator turns to love. That's right it's alligator mating season. It's
also the dry season - the swamp, ponds and lakes are at their driest so
the many gators are roaming. So now you have a bunch of horney pissed
off bull gators roaming around.
It is not uncommon to have them get into people's swimming pools or
seek shade from the hot sun in peoples car ports, garages or even under
their cars this time of year. Where I used to live I was within a mile
of FL largest state park. The park was about a river - Myakka River
State Park (with two large lakes). I had a creek running behind my
place that dumped into the Myakka river. When I moved in my neighbor
told me to always check under my car in the spring for gators. He also
said don't get right up next to it till you check it since an
unsuspecting person can get chomped if they aren't careful and there
happens to be a gator under the car. He also said the last thing you
wanted to do was try to move the car since a gator's tail and can play
havoc with the under side of your car, breaking wires, breaklines,
etc. It never happened to me but it did happen to people from time to
time.
Just all part of the beauty of living in an area so diverse in
wildlife. Yet one more price we pay for paradise.
I saw that film clip. That was only a baby gator - couldn't have been
longer than 5 feet. Now think about that same thing in a 14 foot
package ;-).
I thought of Truman last night watching
the news...There was a news item on TV last night that showed some poor
lady who had an alligator parked under her car in a parking lot. When
they tried to get it out, it bit a big chunk off the bumper. Try
explaining that one to your insurance company.....mb
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
