Thanks! Very clarifying--possibly more so than you had planned.
Why? On first reading, in the context of the "fishing-tackle-versus-gun" incident, I thought you were talking about human beings. That made perfect sense, in the context of "older males" chasing out "younger males."
Scary about the 'gators. I guess if you live down there, you pay attention to the season when you go anywhere near water!
A number of years ago, a northern family was staying in a onsite Disney Hotel in Orlando, Florida, they decided to take a walk along one of the lakes at Disney, their kid was barely in the water when a Gator attacked and drug the kid into the lake and ate him.
Here’s an article from the Washington Post about the incident, alligators despite Disney’s best efforts still proliferated in their lakes and attacked a young boy killing him.
Disney settled the case quietly, in a small HOA that would ruin the neighborhood and yet, I’m told how terrible I am for trying to enforce rules and property rights.