Gators?!

[IZ]

I was checking out a kayaking video last night from Raleigh/Durham, NC.  At the end, the camera zoomed in on something in the water.  It was a gator!!  WHAT?!  I didn't realize that they lived as far up the coast as NC and Virginia?!   

For all of you who live in the area, do they cause any problems?  I know when I lived in FL, I didn't even get within 20' of any bodies of water!  That was the year that 3 women were eaten.  2 seperate incidents with with them being snatched by gators as they were walking by the canals.   

[Rameses]

I've lived in the Raleigh/Durham area for almost 20 years now and I've never even heard of one being seen around here.

I moved here from south Florida and we had a neighbor that raised ducks.  Half of a duck was a pretty common sight by the canal that ran behind our houses.  And gator sightings were so common there that it wasn't even something people bothered to mention when it happened.

[SacDuc]

Its true, you don't see gaiters much any more. And by the way, what is the difference between Gaiters and Spats?

Thanks in advance.






sac

[Porsche Monkey]

A friend has a ranch just south of San Antonio.  He has a few gators a year show up.  He shoots em and eats em so they wont go after his trophy deer.  I have personally seen them in Corpus Christi. 

[IZ]

A friend has a ranch just south of San Antonio.  He has a few gators a year show up.  He shoots em and eats em so they wont go after his trophy deer.  I have personally seen them in Corpus Christi. 

All the way down in CC?!  I'm looking at the map.  I guess I wouldn't doubt they're all over the Gulf Coast area. 

I just didn't realize they were north of Georgia. 

Sac.. 

Rams..  here's the clip.  They were kayaking down the Neuse River.  I'm not sure how far away from R/D area though?  I'm assuming closer to the coast.  I see there are swamps and an Alligator river up by Kitty Hawk.

You've Never Seen the Neuse River Like This!

[Rameses]

Watching the video I was thinking that mostly looked like terrain closer to the coast.  The shores of the river look too flat.

Then I found this...




American Alligator in North Carolina
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Species Distribution from known occurrences. Green counties indicate observed within 20 years. Red counties indicate observed more than 20 years.

[lethe]

Watching the video I was thinking that mostly looked like terrain closer to the coast.  The shores of the river look too flat.

Then I found this...




American Alligator in North Carolina
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Species Distribution from known occurrences. Green counties indicate observed within 20 years. Red counties indicate observed more than 20 years.

Alligator Missingpenis?
Explains the bad mood

[ZLTFUL]

Alligators are ornery because of their medula oblingata!

Actually, they have found Gators as far north as the Dubuque, Iowa area along the Mississippi.

[duccarlos]

yep, a few years ago they found a few gators in North Georgia.

[ungeheuer]

Its true, you don't see gaiters much any more. And by the way, what is the difference between Gaiters and Spats?

Thanks in advance.

Spats >> http://ecomodder.com/forum/fuel-economy-mpg-modifications.php#33

Gaiters >> http://www.pyramid-parts.com/suspension/fork-gaiters

I'm so happy I live in a land where there are no deadly creatures which eat and/or kill people.



You're welcome.

[Stinky Wizzleteats]

I'm so happy I live in a land where there are no deadly creatures whch eat and/or kill people.



You're welcome.

Yeah, so am I. 

[Rameses]

I'm so happy I live in a land where there are no deadly creatures whch eat and/or kill people.

dingo ate my baby

[IZ]

Yeah, so am I. 

Bloody Aussies!!  




Rams..I was checking out their ranges too.

BTW..I was watching a special on the Burmese Python probem they have in Florida.  It looks like they'll be migrating as far as NC & VA as well and all the way over into AZ!

[Rameses]

BTW..I was watching a special on the Burmese Python probem they have in Florida.  It looks like they'll be migrating as far as NC & VA as well and all the way over into AZ!

I've always wanted a pet snake.

Maybe I can catch one once they get here.

[Bun-bun]

Neuse river empties into Pamlico sound, which is bordered on the east by the Outer Banks.
When we have a hotter than normal summer, like this year, some of the southern aquatics travel further north than usual. It's not too common with gators, but we get a lot of the offshore fish that don't usually travel this far north, Grouper, snapper, AJ's etc.