Gators & Crocs in the Swamp (everglades) ~

[moeron271]

Oh man! florida fucking sucks!!

[sk84lifem23]

@moeron271 they exaggerated... ive lived in florida all my life and swam with gators all my life... they go away and mind thier own buisness when you are in there

[TheGreaterGood80]

Not lizards. Archosaurs.

[YTolympics]

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[3452te]

the only problem is that thiers too many people living in florida, and they're complaining like abunch of assholes, the everglades is home to two living fossils, the american alligator and american crocodile,(well including the spectacled caiman), and people are responsible for entering there territory , because thats why you have so many gator attacks.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[TheGreaterGood80]

Waah waah bitches. Guess what? The Everglades is archosaur territory

Fuck of and live elsewhere if you don't want to live around big predatory reptiles

[Inquisitor53]

Since the gator "overpopulation problem" is actually a human overpopulation problem, feed the transplanted yankees to the gators & crocs. the balance of nature will be restored (except for the invasive reptiles), far less transplanted damn yankees to bitch about anything and we natives can enjoy the wildlife that the transplants could never adjust to. Sounds like a win-win situation to me!

[8476secret]

@Inquisitor53

lol .... yankees. I bet you think the south is gonna rise again too eh?

[Inquisitor53]

@8476secret We already have. You damn yankees are too much into yourselves to notice. But that's okay, we like it that way. Come to Florida, spend your money, then go home 'cause your yankee ways of thinking isn't worth a damn here (can you say "python invasion"?).

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 BTW... we're smart enough not to build a dum-ass golf course in the middle of croc & gator habitats. That had to come from the mind of a transplanted yankee.

Here's hoping the lot of you wind up as gator fodder.

[Spartan1991LA]

@8476secre why u guys gotta talk shit to teach other? u guys r some brain washed mother fuckers lawlawlawl were all from USA we should be getting along... united we stand divided we fall. dont be an idiot

[Versul1]

@Inquisitor53 That would just be silly. Plenty of reptile meat to go around. We are the smarter predator so we win. Eat up boys!!! Love to eat meat so if you're not hungry for it I'll take your portion.

[Inquisitor53]

@Versul1 Yes, until we eat so much of it they wind up on the same list as the passinger pidgeon, carolina parakeet, do-do bird, the great auk, etc. The title of the list is called EXTINCTION.

[Versul1]

@Inquisitor53 Well over a million alligators can be found today in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia. Do-Do bird was a bad design of nature. Extinction has been happening from before man existed.

[Inquisitor53]

@Versul1 No it wasn't. It survived for millions of years until 'civilized' man invaded their habitat. Back in the early '60s alligators were on the Endangered Species list until extremely large fines & penalties were enacted for killing them. This is the only reason for their survival today. Learn some history before introducing flawed logic into an ignorant response.

[Versul1]

@Inquisitor53 Yes I have read and now if man doesn't step in and kill a limit of gators cannibalism and disease sets in. That's what you'd be up against if you had your way. Try to read outside your little green fringe group.

[Inquisitor53]

@Versul1 Wrong again on both statements.

1a. There were far more and larger gators living amongst the non-white humans. It was when white man place a value on the hides is the reason for gators to come so close to extinction, crocs as well.

1b. Gator's are, always have been, and always will be canniballistic. I've yet to see a gator die from any disease and I've lived around them all my life. They've survived everything from globally catastrophic (wiped out the dinosaurs) meteor and comet...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ...impacts, several ice ages, etc. They can ingest just about anything. Their mouths are full of germs about half that of a komodo dragon. Gators with diseases, probably so but they're not effect them any. But do keep me informed of any plagues happening to gators.

2. Little green fringe group? You serious? I'd rather feed those wack jobs to the gators. Those mamby-pambies tried giving me instruction on "leave no trace / low impact camping". They didn't know I'm a ...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ... Florida wilderness survival instructor, been so for almost 30 yrs. Spend my winter momths in the 'Glades living off the land. They may talk it but I'm living it. I've yet to see anyone from a "green fringe group" willing to eradicate pythons or any other invasive fauna species. No, green groups are too hypocritical for me. I'm doing all I can to keep their 'nanny state' out of my life. Liberals don't care for me at all and I like it that way.

[Versul1]

@Inquisitor53 if disease was not a concern why would alligator disease research be funded?

Alligator hunting is like deer hunting it is controlled so that there isn't too little or too much population. The money pays the organizations who care for wildlife. Your point about the white man is impractical and moot. The white man is here and no whining from you is gonna change that. Florida has 1 to 1.5 million Alligators but let's be honest If there was 1 Billion you'd be against hunting them.

[Inquisitor53]

@Versul1 Who's funding the research and why? I've yet to hear of or see any specific population losses of gators. There is the possibility of pythons here in central and south FL replacing them in the future as the apex predator but gator numbers have risen since the banned, then controlled hunting.

I never said I was against hunting or eating gators. We had a smokehouse. Dad smoked a lot of veggies, nuts, seafood, fowl and meat, gator included. I enjoyed the backstrap. I never said I was...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ... against legal hunts. What I am against is idiots moving down here in a totally different environment than what they're accustomed to and still insist their same line of thinking applies here, refusing to learn anything about the new environment and how to avoid the dangers that every native knows to the point of being comfortable with. Most transplants would rather remain ignorant, staying cooped up in their A/C cooled homes. Fine. Remain ignorant but if your pet or child ...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 or you get stung, bit, envemonated, poisoned or injured (even from the flora) or gator-ate IT'S YOUR FAULT! As any judge in the land will tell you,"Ignorance is no excuse." Unfortunately the gator is the one who gets killed because somewhere along in it's life the gator became human-habituated (look it up). It's never the gator's fault, it's the willfully ignorant humans at fault. If they are unwilling to learn then they damn sure don't need to be here. ...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 I've nothing against 'whitey', as long as they learn their place amongst our environment. Maybe they find it too humbling to understand they're no longer the top of the food chain. Don't matter to me. Nobody's forcing them to stay here.

I wouldn't be against a billion gators here in Florida. It would mean our ecosystem is in better shape than ever and with a lot less pythons as well.

Again: Hunting? I never said I was against a legal hunt.

[HorrorLurker]

@Inquisitor53 I know this is an old debate, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. I'm a future transplant to Florida. My gf and I plan on moving down in a couple years when she is out of college. She was born in Florida but both of us were raised in North Carolina so we're not quite yankees, lol. However there are a few of us who try to educate ourselves about the wildlife in Florida before moving there. It's why I'm watching this video and reading up online. =)

[Inquisitor53]

@HorrorLurker Great! Thank you for taking the time to educate yourselves on what Florida (along w/ the gators & crocs) is all about. Book learning is good but nothing like experiencing being amongst it. Due to my life-long experience in the Florida wilds and as a volunteer at my local state park I'm the one the park assigns to educate the local university students working on their environmental science degrees in an internship program for their degree. One of the 1st things I tell them is ...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ... disregard about half of what you learned from books and be prepared to learn things the books don't cover. Their 1st encounter with any bull gator over 14 ft. is usually their 1st eye-opener. The 2nd thing I tell them is if they have a acute case of arachniphobia the program is not for them & it's time for them to change their major as spiders are everywhere in the florida wilds. when you're ready to make the move contact me on my channel. I'll take you for a tour.

[Versul1]

@Inquisitor53For one the Louisiana Alligator Resource Fund does this and many others look it up for yourself. As far as you last point I'm not sure why we are arguing then.

[Inquisitor53]

@Versul1 Maybe there was a communication breakdown on both our parts. I didn't see it as an argument, just a discussion.

[Versul1]

@Inquisitor53 Think of it as an argument in the sense of debate. Argument doesn't have to have the element of anger.

[Inquisitor53]

@Versul1 Agreed!

[protester]

I can see it now. Crocodile Pete is gonna go wrestle some crocs and alligators in da swamps. Or make peace with them? Ha, I can sense he's on some kinda mission.

[AmericanPresident08]

how did u guess?! Wrestling is what i dream of doing.

[protester]

Intuitive thinking is my guess. Just make sure you get 'em in a head lock and that they don't get you into one, LOL.