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Alligator in the water around tom sawyers island....
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M0U53_L0V3R
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they should release them into the animal kingdom savannah as population control...i mean, whats a gazelle or two matter? :lol:
Snow White 610
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We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge last year and are planning to return this September. I noticed the "no swimming" signs at the beach, is this because of the alligators? Anybody ever see them in this area? :lookaroun
v_misses_epcot
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Snappy lives!!
While I was working there in fall 2003, my roomates and I named it snappy and would go visit it once in a while when we had the time. We'd also get mad at the guest who would feed it by nicely reminding them not to feed them those nasty turkey legs >_>; I swear, this family must've tossed most of thier afternoon food at snappy after I told them not to do so. The same thing with the back dining area at Peco's Bills. The sign clearly states not to feed the birds. What's the first thing people do? *shakes her head at the guests* One mother even sent her 5 year old son with a french fry in hand to feed the bird that was around there at the time. Anyhow yeah, I miss snappy. >>; lol
While I was working there in fall 2003, my roomates and I named it snappy and would go visit it once in a while when we had the time. We'd also get mad at the guest who would feed it by nicely reminding them not to feed them those nasty turkey legs >_>; I swear, this family must've tossed most of thier afternoon food at snappy after I told them not to do so. The same thing with the back dining area at Peco's Bills. The sign clearly states not to feed the birds. What's the first thing people do? *shakes her head at the guests* One mother even sent her 5 year old son with a french fry in hand to feed the bird that was around there at the time. Anyhow yeah, I miss snappy. >>; lol
phlydude
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Snow White 610 said:
Swimming is not allowed because there is a nasty little parasite ameoba bug that lives in Florida and thrives because it is so warm so much of the year. It lives under the top layer of mud/sand at the bottom of the lake/pond for the first 5 feet or so of depth. After that, the water is too cool and it can't survive.
Anyway, if you go swimming and inhale this ameoba (whether water going up your nose or in your mouth) it can get into your blood stream, plant itself in your brain and kill you in a couple days. You can get rid of it simply by blowing your nose after swimming but you don't want to chance it.
There have been reports of hearing the gators around the beach of Bay Lake during the mating season (the sand make a good place to nest) but other than that not too often.
I'm sure that there are the occasional gators here and there in all shallow water areas however they generally won't go after humans unless threatened.
v_misses_epcot
Member
responding to your quote
Walt Disney World was built on the gators home by the way. It is a swamp area and considering it is orlando, gators are everywhere. While working at the yacht and beach club resort last fall, the cast member parking lot, the guest parking lot and the area next to the pools all had gators walking about. If you pester them, I'm sure they'll attack. If you leave them alone, they'll be on thir way in thier own home. We shouldn't move any gators out of thier own habitats. x_X @ a gator being in the cast member parking lot behind the yacht club. That was not cool! They had to call animal control to get the gator to move back into it's swamp area next to the fence. But yeah, no need to remove the gators if it's us moving in. Besides, some of the guest ask for it when they start to feed the gators >_>;Stitchfan712 said: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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horizonsboy
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Can Disney just hire a pro croc hunter (like the Crocodile Hinter on Animal Planet) to get the gator out of the water?
mrtoad
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First, thanks to Phlydude for pointing me to this post. A friend of mine was in WDW in May and had seen the gator by Splash.
I had read in one of my Disney books, I think "Since the World Began" that they have had problems for years with gators on Tom Sawyers Island. They would have to go out and "shoo" them off the docks in the morning as they would be sunning themselves out there.
Also it mentioned that they need to go out in the morning and remove rattlesnakes that sun themselves on Big Thunder Mt as well.
A little scary I would say.
Also just to touch on the dogs being eaten thing. I had read in a magazine a few years ago about a town in Florida somewhere where a lot of dogs had been missing. It was a richer town and it was assumed the dogs were being stolen as they were pure breads. Some woman put a radio collar on her dog to track it just in case. Sure enogh the dog dissapeared and the police tracked it to a gator living in a pond in the town that had eaten the dog. I think it was in the 10 to 12 foot size range.
That is very scary.
I had read in one of my Disney books, I think "Since the World Began" that they have had problems for years with gators on Tom Sawyers Island. They would have to go out and "shoo" them off the docks in the morning as they would be sunning themselves out there.
Also it mentioned that they need to go out in the morning and remove rattlesnakes that sun themselves on Big Thunder Mt as well.
A little scary I would say.
Also just to touch on the dogs being eaten thing. I had read in a magazine a few years ago about a town in Florida somewhere where a lot of dogs had been missing. It was a richer town and it was assumed the dogs were being stolen as they were pure breads. Some woman put a radio collar on her dog to track it just in case. Sure enogh the dog dissapeared and the police tracked it to a gator living in a pond in the town that had eaten the dog. I think it was in the 10 to 12 foot size range.
That is very scary.
phlydude
Well-Known Member
My wife was telling me a story that a lady gardening was attacked by a 10-12 ft gator and died as a result of her wounds. I'll look for the story and try to post.
EDIT - Found the links
The first one is a pic of the lady and a pic of the gator in the truck:
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2078820
Second is the conclussion of the story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5486601/
EDIT - Found the links
The first one is a pic of the lady and a pic of the gator in the truck:
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2078820
Second is the conclussion of the story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5486601/
Trishnh
Active Member
gator still there
we saw the gator at Disney when we were there in the end of June. A CM told me he was smart and they had not been able to catch him. When we first saw it it was in the water by the bridge to BTMRR, then in the afternoon we saw it again and it was coming up on land. A small crowd was gathering and it was only about 2 feet away then a CM noticed and was on her radio real quick! The gator took off and went back in the water. Kind of cool, I thought!
That story about the gardener was sad, though.
we saw the gator at Disney when we were there in the end of June. A CM told me he was smart and they had not been able to catch him. When we first saw it it was in the water by the bridge to BTMRR, then in the afternoon we saw it again and it was coming up on land. A small crowd was gathering and it was only about 2 feet away then a CM noticed and was on her radio real quick! The gator took off and went back in the water. Kind of cool, I thought!
That story about the gardener was sad, though.
scottnj1966
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gators get anywhere in florida
Dizneydude87 said:Originally posted by Stitchfan712
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. [/i]
How dare them enter the park without admision!! LMAO. J/k.
No way to keep them out. They always seem to be in someones pool, grabbing a dog on the bank side, or even trying to snatch a person. Dont feed them ever, they get used to people and they get toooo close to you
mrtoad
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Not sure if anyone posted about this today but there was another aligator attack in Florida. Here is a link to the story. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...72704,0,4734839.story?coll=orl-home-headlines