Alligator in the water around tom sawyers island....

[wedway71]

Believe it or not but I had pet Caiman when I was a kid growing up in South Florida.I only had it about a year but then it died.It only got up to about a foot or so before it died.I was the only one that could hold it and when my dad tried to feed or hold it hed have to wears gloves or hed get snapped at.I was the coolest 9 year old on my block driving down the road with this gator on the handle bars of my Bigwheel.:lol:

 

[WED-Oldie]

All the drainage canals eventually are connected to the wetlands on the south of the propety. Disney has over 8,000 acres of wetland in that area. There have always been gators on property and there always will be. Also it is technically against the law to feed gators. Being fed around people is what makes them lose their nautrual fear.

 

[jt04]

All the drainage canals eventually are connected to the wetlands on the south of the propety. Disney has over 8,000 acres of wetland in that area. There have always been gators on property and there always will be. Also it is technically against the law to feed gators. Being fed around people is what makes them lose their nautrual fear.

Maybe they will start serving alligator tail at the Hoop-De-Doo :slurp:

 

[StageFrenzy]

necromancy is bad

 

[Space Mountain]

That's pretty scary actually, with all the people and little kids around that area.

Isn't there a way they can build some kind of fence around WDW to keep gators out? A gator shouldn't be able to just walk into the park whenever it pleases...there should be something to prevent them from getting in at all. Gators can't crawl over tall fences.



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There is a fence around the entire perimeter of MK. The gators can get through the filtering system near Floridian Way behind Big Thunder/Splash..happens all the time and usually isn't too much of a problem to take control of.

 

[Disneyfanman]

We have seen gators in the Rivers of America on multiple occaisions. We have never thought too much about it, because we are in Florida.

 

[Gatorboy]

Gators are found in most all water in Florida, it is illeagal to feed them and they are normally removed if 6' or larger when in areas that they can be threatening, but they do not have to be removed. They normally stay away from humans, but can get aggressive. Disney World is on the northeast edge of the Green Swamp preserve area, so I'm sure you could find quite a few if you looked hard enough. That said, the chances of getting attacked are far less than dieing on one of their rides from heart failure. Lived in Florida all my life, you just use common sense and look but don't touch.

 

[MsCobraBubbles]

I've seen gators by splash a couple of times, nothing recently though

 

[kc1296426]

Agh! This thread keeps getting bumped. :dazzle:

 

[unkadug]

Agh! This thread keeps getting bumped. :dazzle:

:lookaroun

 

[amandagibbins]

i will be gator spotting in september thats if ive got time:lookaroun

 

[mary219]

we saw an alligator sunning itself right next to a small lake that you pass right before you turn into pop century.it was pretty cool.

 

[ImSweetPea]

Hmmm am I missing something... how come I have not seen any gator???

 

[col]

omg i was thinkin of the alligator by splash/tom sawyer island the other day.
i was thinkin were about is it -is it by the bend after the big drop in splash?

ive seen it on the photo albums on here coz there is a pic.

when i was on those little rafts going to and from tom sawyer island i was lookin for the alligator lol.

 

[Space Mountain]

Hmmm am I missing something... how come I have not seen any gator???

Go to Kennedy Space Center and you are almost guaranteed to at least see one.

 

[Fizbain32]

I know we been talking MK here, but we saw a little 3 footer floating around the river in AK.

 

[blackthidot]

We were playing football on the field at All Star Sports at like 2am and there was an armadillo running around if that counts?

 

[subhuman31]

I've seen an armadillo at All Star Sports too.

 

[Grim Grinner]

I saw an Alligator looking for handouts by Flame Tree BBQ, right by the water's edge facing Everest.

Also, the main lagoon at Coronado Springs Resort has a mama and 2 young gators inside. Kids were feeding them (right by Maya Grill) until I warned the parents that it was dangerous and possibly illegal. Saw them 4 weeks ago.

We always spot a gator at some point each year.

BTW-Have you noticed that they almost always seem to pair up with turtles?

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[reptar77]

Agh! This thread keeps getting bumped. :dazzle:

I find it humorous that people get agitated when an old thread is resurected but itsn't that what members are suppose to do, Search for already posted subjects instead of making new :shrug: