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John park hopper

John park hopper

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Gators will go wherever they want. Live in costal SC remember being in my boat (in saltwater) about a mile from shore in the salt marsh creeks. Son said look an alligator sure enough it was about a 7 foot gator. Gators can tolerate salt water for a while, can't live in it for long periods. Had 3 living in a salt water creek not far from the house one day they were gone.
 
John park hopper

John park hopper

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KCheatle

KCheatle

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As a kid, I remember seeing a gater in the water of the jungle cruise. I also remember being really creeped out by the idea that if I walked in the grass at night outside of our room in the wing of the contemporary that I might step on or run into a gator. My brother would go out and watch the Electric Water Pageant sitting in the grass, and I would not leave the "safety" of our concrete patio. However, I would swim at River Country without a second thought! :p I guess my point is that gators are nothing new to WDW. They have always been there and will always be there. The fact that we have co-existed for decades with extremely limited negative interaction goes to show that, statistically, they aren't really much of a threat at WDW.
 
Skibum1970

Skibum1970

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My sister lives down in Naples and had a decent sized gator climb over her fence just to chill. When she and her husband went outside, he quickly scrambled back over the fence. The fence was a standard four or five foot chain link fence and he had no trouble with it. I don't think that she has a pool but maybe just provided a place for a curious gator to investigate.
 

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