Peggyy
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What?s camping like in the Everglades. What?s the best place to camp ? Much to see and do .
ChasA said:Something else you'll see in Flamingo is salt water crocodiles and manatees.
Nothing to worry about. Alligators are a few hundred million years old. Humans a few hundred thousand years old. We are neither prey nor dinner to a gator, we don't even register on their radar unless we get right in the water right in front of them. There have only been a handful of gator attacks on humans in the last twenty years and in every case the gator takes one bite and spits us out, we don't taste good. They are only biting out of curiosity. Gators are not prowling the waters looking for careless humans. Leave them alone and you will have no trouble.IBTripping said:Do they make alligator repellent spray? I'd buy 4 gallons of it before canoeing in the Everglades. ;D I'm really averse to hanging around critters with small brains, sharp teeth, and big stomachs.
SeilerBird said:in every case the gator takes one bite and spits us out, we don't taste good. They are only biting out of curiosity.
I was a wildlife photographer for many years and spent many years hiking in forests all alone except for the bears, wolves and gators. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone. There is no animal that will attack you and eat you. Very few mountain lion attacks ever occur. The guy who killed the mountain lion was really really stupid. You do not run in any area that might contain a mountain lion. They automatically chase down any running prey, it is in their DNA. Since 1900 there have only been 25 fatal mountain lion attacks in the US. Same thing for sharks. One bite and they spit you out. Amazingly 40,000 people a year die in automobile accidents every year and people worry about wild animals attacking them. Then they have a drink and drive anyway. The real danger is the tourists.Back2PA said:There, you feel better Tripping? I know I do
I hear you Tom, and things are likely to be fine. I've also heard people say the timber rattlers (I've seen two 4-5 footers this week) won't bother you, the coral snakes (for which there is no antivenom and which if bitten there is a decent chance of death) are timid. I had someone tell me out west that mountain lions weren't anything to be worried about either. Tell that to the guy who recently fought one to the death that was trying to kill him. I'm currently in an area with bears, panthers, gaters and a variety of snakes, some of which are capable of killing me (even if I taste bad and they don't really want to) and must be treated accordingly. It's all fun and games until you're the one.
That kid was swimming a lake that was filled with alligators. The alligator did not eat him, one bite and he spit him out. Judy is correct, it was Disney's fault. My RV has a nice lagoon in my backyard and I see a gator in there occasionally. There are kids living on this lagoon. No danger if you don't fall in. Once again drunk drivers are the real problem.Peggyy said:Well what about tthe little two year old at disney a couple years ago. Alligator got him. And just a couple months ago one came out of a lake here by my house and ate a neighbors dog, good news is i think they only eat once a week. Right. Lol
IBTripping said:SeilerBird, now I'm truly hurt to find out alligators don't like my taste. Well, I ate some alligator tail once and didn't like the taste of that either. So there!!! ;D
It is not just alligators that don't like the way we taste, no wild animal likes the way we taste. The most any wild animal does is take a bite and spit us out. There are about 20 million humans living in Florida and about 2 million gators. That's one gator to 10 humans. The state is open 24/7/365 and millions of people come here to vacation and many go in the water. Yet a gator attack on a human is extremely rare here. If they were the vicious senseless killer that most people imagine the kills would be a lot higher.IBTripping said:SeilerBird, now I'm truly hurt to find out alligators don't like my taste. Well, I ate some alligator tail once and didn't like the taste of that either. So there!!! ;D