alligators in Indy!

[Primetimeclimber]

So I happened to catch this gem of a news article, with an even bigger gem of a quote from DNR .... when did a 4-6' alligator become an animal that does NOT pose a significant risk to humans & pets?

I'll give them the fact that this alligator does not pose a risk as long as you stay the eff away from it, but something that size would have your dog for lunch if it got it's jaws around it!



Indiana DNR investigating alligator sightings in Indianapolis - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

 

[fundy87]

dangit! the one reason i didn't move to the southern coast, now i gotta pry my 2 year old from a gator in the mornings before i get my mail!

 

[terrehautian]

Probably someones pet who got too big so they just let it go.

 

[Hookeye]

Yeeee Yeeee Yeeeee Live Action!

 

[nascarfantoo]

Its a Reptilian!!

 

[T/SF34/A]

Its probably been living in one of the cars they left on the bottom of the lake a few years back.

 

[gunman41mag]

I don't think it will be able to live during the winter

 

[Classic]

Perhaps the DNR person making that statement would like to be the one to remove the non-threat.

 

[JasonB]

Perhaps the DNR person making that statement would like to be the one to remove the non-threat.

I agree... If in any type of pond near my home I can promise I'd take my chances with discharging a firearm inside Town limits...

May no pose threat to larger dogs but 4-5ft gator is still in ballpark of 100lbs which is heavier than my 8yr old, and still has more than enough power to take kid's arm or leg off.

Not to mention that Gator Tail is some Good Eats...

 

[Hotdoger]

So I happened to catch this gem of a news article, with an even bigger gem of a quote from DNR .... when did a 4-6' alligator become an animal that does NOT pose

I'll give them the fact that this alligator does not pose a risk as long as you stay the eff away from it, but something that size would have your dog for lunch if it got it's jaws around it!



Indiana DNR investigating alligator sightings in Indianapolis - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Its current location does not lend it to being a "a significant risk to humans & pets".

 

[Hotdoger]

I don't think it will be able to live during the winter

The hysteria about this gator is amusing to those of us that have actually lived with them.

 

[terrehautian]

I agree... If in any type of pond near my home I can promise I'd take my chances with discharging a firearm inside Town limits...

May no pose threat to larger dogs but 4-5ft gator is still in ballpark of 100lbs which is heavier than my 8yr old, and still has more than enough power to take kid's arm or leg off.

Not to mention that Gator Tail is some Good Eats...

Just realize that the kill spot on a gator is very small according to the show "Swamp People". Otherwise you just make them angry.

 

[Sfrandolph]

So I happened to catch this gem of a news article, with an even bigger gem of a quote from DNR .... when did a 4-6' alligator become an animal that does NOT pose a significant risk to humans & pets?

I'll give them the fact that this alligator does not pose a risk as long as you stay the eff away from it, but something that size would have your dog for lunch if it got it's jaws around it!



Indiana DNR investigating alligator sightings in Indianapolis - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Oh yee of little faith. You need to trust the members of the govt. If they say that this is not dangerous, then its not dangerous. (Purple implied)

 

[Hookeye]

Dangerous or not, it's an invasive species.
Whack it!

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Shoot'em!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP7jC47zEbo

 

[92ThoStro]

Dangerous or not, it's an invasive species.
Whack it!

This alligator has already dominated our ecosystem?

 

[printcraft]

1. Fill the canal in downtown Indy with alligators.

2. Sparta kick criminals into canal.

3. ??????

4. Profit.

 

[Degtyaryov]

I've always said its only a matter of time till one ends up in the canal or white river.

 

[bwframe]

Shoot'em!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP7jC47zEbo

This was one of the "suggested videos" at the end of yours.
http://youtu.be/Dtt2qxwDswU