RC: snakes & Gators

[flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu (Flemmer, Linda)]

Truman Prevatt wrote:
> 
> Down here in the "swamp" we also have the gator to contend with.  I'll take
> a little old snake any day over a rilled up 12 foot bull gator during
> mating season - which is fast approaching.

All right, Truman.  I dare you to go to the end of the dock and go
"grmppphhhh" in a bass a couple of times!  Let me know how many show up.
(I used to have so much fun doing that to our northern cousins in the
summer.  They never believed I could call 'gators until some big ones
swam in!)

I never had a horse problem with the gators (maybe horse & rider were
too big), but we lost a medium dog to one.  Of course, University of FL
(my alma mater) had a pond w/ "George" - a 14 footer that would be
hauled away from the pond by the dorms, only to show up again in a
couple of weeks.  I think he retired as a suitcase and handbag by way of
the state professional hunter.

We always did a double check before taking the horses in for a swim... 
The water moccasins (aka cotton mouths) were MUCH worse than the gators,
in my opinion.

Linda Flemmer


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