“...in its own environment, doing what gators do...”
It is common knowledge that if you go to Florida you can run into gators and snakes about anywhere. It has been determined that gators have been in Florida for around 8 million years and are well represented in the state with around 20 million people and 1.3 million gators.
“If there’s a body of water in Florida of almost any size, there could be an alligator in it, whether artificial or natural, big or small,” says James Perran Ross, associate scientist at UF-IFAS. So the possibility of a confrontation is well proven. And the people invaded their territory and should be careful of being discovered by one. It’s a no win situation.
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Since they’re present in all 67 counties, I’ll probably eventually see one while mowing my lawn, in which circumstance, I will promptly leave the lawn mower and go back in the damn house.