96 degrees In the shade

Raggerz in the spannish climate

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• spain
• cartama
• 96 degrees
• third world
• heat
• pool
• sun
• swimming
• water
• hot

[cocatwoman7]

@ragnail maybe the gator was not in the mood for Scottish food that day

[ragnail]

@cocatwoman7 Yes I still have the pic Ile try and dig it out.

[ragnail]

@Inquisitor53 No it didnt chase me at all it just looked at me. I just got a bit of a fright . others I saw got out of my way and jumped in the water

[cocatwoman7]

@ragnail do ya still have the pic of the gator? it problably knew better than to mess with a Scotsman! lol

[cocatwoman7]

@ragnail well then,if that's true, I most Definitely have Scottish blood and I prefer some clouds to a sunny sky any day. Rain? bring it on-ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 Correction: the sentence should be " ...I'm sure she didn't chase you far,...". I don't want people getting the wrong ideas about alligator behaviour!

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ... to 'age' enough for the joints to twist apart so he can swallow it in chunks. That same den is where he goes when the water temps get too cold. There's an air pocket they create so they can hole up in it for weeks. In my opinion, they're the most intelligent of all reptiles, definitely the most evolved, a masterpiece of reptilian evolution.

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ...pressure of over 1,500 psi (ensuring the prey don't escape) and into the deep pool and immediately goes into his death spin, preventing escape, causing disorientation, drowning and/or snapping the neck. Either way, the prey never breaks the surface of the water again. Since his jaws & teeth are made for seizing instead of chew if the prey is small enough it will be swallowed whole, if not he'll then stash it in his den under the bank opposite the ledge and await for his prey ...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ... a ripple), swims underwater, letting the sensors on his snout direct him to the smallest of animals causing the slightest lapping of water and since the water there is quite dark from the tannins in the water he can either quickly but quietly snatch them off the bank or in the case of the roughly 400-500 pound hog I witnessed him grab, lunge up to half his body length out of the water, grab it by the head in a swinging motion, let his monentum take it off the bank with jaw...

[Inquisitor53]

@Inquisitor53 ... a possible meal (either dead or living) he's in a position to grab it with ease. they downstream side of the ledge has scattered patches of reeds just thick enough to break up his outline yet thin enough to for him to see any animal coming down the game trail less than 25 yards away. When prey downs the trail to cross the creek or to drink he can see it. Hecan then slide of the upstream side of the ledge (and as big as he is he's absolutely silent & does it without creating...