From the OS: Gator drags child into Seven Seas Lagoon

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betty rose

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ULPO46 said:
No. This is Florida. 500+ years of human encroachment have not made a difference in the abundance of wildlife. As Ian Malcom once said, “They will find a way”. I rarely see foreign nationals visit any of Florida’s springs. The majority of people who do so are locals or from only as far out as southern Georgia. You get the occasional adventurer but that’s about it. Funny, this years ocean waters near the gulf and atlantic have had record highs attracting our friendly neighborhood Sharks, pun intended. Your more likely to be bitten by a shark than be attacked by a gator in the state of florida. Unlike Sharks, Gators are more timid and don’t get near humans unless they are protecting offspring/territory, or some dumb moron decided to start feeding the alligator thus creating a Nuisance gator. There are laws against doing this in the state. In no way do I believe this will do a dent to the more than 150 million people who visit my home state every year.
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I have to disagree about how far people will come from in the States, we came from a midwest state in my early 20's, now we come from the Rockies. Neither are near Georgia. I have friends and family who go every year from California. I know one person who comes several times from Mexico.
 
21stamps

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Nemo14 said:
Well if you kept up with your FL wildlife information, you would have known that.
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Ok so, out of the sentence "Crocodiles were just reported in Miami!!!" or the question "How far north do crocodiles go?"

How would someone come to the conclusion that they are talking about Nile Crocs???

And my question to those who are apparently concerned--- Now that you know, will you still visit?

And FYI- never in my life have I seen a crocodile in South Florida. I know they live there, still have never seen one. Any kind of croc. I've never lived in Costa Rica, but see crocs every single time I visit. So I'd say your probability of seeing one in SoFla is pretty low.
 
Nemo14

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21stamps said:
Ok so, out of the sentence "Crocodiles were just reported in Miami!!!" or the question "How far north do crocodiles go?"

How would someone come to the conclusion that they are talking about Nile Crocs???
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Because the ones found in Miami were just recently confirmed to be Nile crocodiles. I know I heard about it up here, so I'm sure it was on the Florida news too.
 
21stamps

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Nemo14 said:
As far as I know, they have only been found in south Florida so far.
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PhotoDave219 said:
BINGO.

Now, back to the original question.... Since they've been found in the wild in South Florida, I wonder how far north they've gotten.
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So, can I make a suggestion.

Learn about the wildlife. Don't focus on scary stories you read. Spend some time learning. Then you will not only be able to communicate better when asking a question, but you will also have a good grasp on what exists, what risks it poses etc etc. There can not be any harm in that!
 
Filby61

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flynnibus said:
People have flat out been killed by crashes of Disney's rollercoasters... how much of the general population even knows that or thinks about it? Or knows about all the CM deaths? Those are far more damning than getting attacked by a wild animal while at Disney.

All this will quickly fade away as soon as there is some other story they can sensationalize and draw eyeballs with.

The family has already said they don't want to be seen/bothered... without that fueling the fire, the tabloids and 'analysts' are going to run out of stuff to say very quickly.

I'd be shocked if we see anything more after midweek in the main press on this topic. It's just waiting for the next story to take its place.
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True enough, but you're talking details of plot analysis. It's the as-yet-unresolved emotional arc of the story of this tragedy, and how it conflicts with the distinctively-branded emotional elements of Disney's resort product, that will continue to resonate with the public -- particularly with parents of young children, Disney's core demographic.

Regardless of what the parents of the victim do, the story isn't resolved. Florida Wildlife officials haven't captured the gator that matches the bite marks on the victim. Disney officials haven't held a news conference. Key players remain unidentified, key questions remain unanswered.

Plot is not story. Story is the emotional journey of the players and how we identify with them. Given just the players and plot elements that have appeared thus far, this story is nowhere near resolution. It's still in Act 2.
 
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21stamps

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Nemo14 said:
Thanks - I'm sure we all feel so much wiser now.
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I hope so. Now that you know a few facts instead of assumptions. :) Funny thing is, you could have found that out as easily as the Nile Croc story. But bothering with knowing things like heavily populated areas doesn't matter if you just want to assume it's empty or sparsely populated land.

Like I said, not knowing facts creates hysteria. Why anyone would want that? I don't know, I can't comprehend it.
 
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