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| 13ft., - 735 lb alligator |
We Floridians know how to keep our priorities straight. The big story in this morning's paper was was not about the government shutdown. It was about our humungous alligators. And that's important because this is alligator hunting season.
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| Biggest ever 14ft. 3-1/2" caught in 2010 |
Florida has issued over 6,000 hunting permits this year. Each allows you to capture two alligators. How do you catch these gators? Wildlife biologist Steve Stiegler says it's luck. But it has to be more than that. For one thing, it requires hanging out in swamps and muddy rivers.
I doubt that I will ever "luck" into catching a gator.
The paper says a 14 foot alligator is longer than my Toyota Camry. The heaviest gator, caught in 1989, weighed 1,043 lbs. How could that be? He must have eaten something really big.
Like a Toyota Camry.
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