Comments on: The Season Of Love

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:27:33 +0000

Believe it or not, the most important thing you need to catch an alligator is duct tape. They have very weak muscles for opening their jaws, so you can hold them shut by hand and tape them shut.

You have to avoid getting whacked by the tail, but the claws aren’t that bad.

They aren’t distance runners, but they are quick in short spurts.

The best plan is to leave them alone, and never feed wild animals. In the tiny, hormone befuddled mind of that ‘gator, that women just offered him dinner on a rope, and he followed her to get it. Walking your dog around alligators is stupid.

By: The CultureGhost

The CultureGhost — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:56:05 +0000

What fool would feed an alligator except under the supervision of a trained specialist and even then from a safe distance/enclosure? Those things harken back to the age of dinosaurs and have maybe two thoughts in their tiny reptile brains: Can I eat it? Or can I mate with it? Against the larger brained, comsumer oriented, non-cognitive human, my money is going to be on the alligator most of the time.

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:10:30 +0000

Oh, when I find out, I’ll post my costs. I’m going to write a page about the process while it’s still fresh in my mind. It wasn’t painless and some of the differences are personally annoying, but it was the right move for me, as I don’t need the aggravation of Blogger right now.

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:07:46 +0000

I leave ‘gators and their fresh water habitat alone. These fools with water retention ponds and fishing lakes are always surprised when the ‘gators show up, then they throw food to them. That’s an excellent way to lose a pet or a small child.

A bull alligator in rut is not a good thing.

There are rules that don’t change, no matter what the real estate agent tells you. Every time they build a new subdivision they displace animals, and some of those animals don’t like it. I’ve seen more ‘gators and bears now than I saw as a kid when this was mostly pine forest and I ran around all summer in shorts.

By: Jack K.

Jack K. — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:35:12 +0000

…and this, coupled with the occasional Cat 5 hurricane, is better than living around a bunch of nominally dormant volcanoes…how?

By: Jack K.

Jack K. — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:31:38 +0000

…and this, coupled with the occasional Cat 5 hurricane, is better than living around a bunch of dormant but occasionally bulging volcanoes…how?

…btw, the new place looks nice. I must confess I’m beginning to wonder just how much customer service I can expect when I eventually become the last person at Blogger…