Gators are a lot more docile than you think. When my younger daughter was about 11, she did a school report on the Everglades. I took her on an 18-mile bike trip through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park.
Well, the cover of the report was a photo of her standing there in her bike helmet next to two medium-sized gators sunning on a canal bank. Humans are too salty to taste good, so gators generally leave you alone. They get dangerous when you’re in murky water. They tend to test whether something is edible by taking a bite; If that’s your arm in the murky water, well, you’re out of luck. When you approach them on land, they will ignore you until you get too close. then they will let out a big HOOF sound that will scare the pants off you, but they won’t attack. I’ve canoed right up next to alligators in the Everglades without a problem. Once in the 1970s, a buddy of mine and I went canoeing in Everglades National Park with a carry-out bucket of Kentucky Fried Kitchen in addition to the obligatory ration of beer. Well, we had a 10-foot gator trailing us who was determined to get a bite of the Colonel’s best. We finally had to beach the canoe on some dry land and eat our food. We left the bones to distract the alligator and went on our way without a problem. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. From: Brent Driedger via CnC-List Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 8:12 PM To: schiller ; [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Nice sail but dangerous waters in harbor The best I can do is while nearly asleep in the quarterberth at my slip, I heard the unmistakable sound of a carp slamming full speed into the rudder. The next morning it lay dead in the water near my boat. Big too. No alligators in Lake Winnipeg, just sea monsters. Brent 27-5 Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:26 PM, schiller via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: So, what exactly is a "moderately sized alligator"? To me, anything bigger than a pet store size is bigger than a "moderately sized alligator". We don't have much in Lake Michigan that wants to eat us! Neil Schiller 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 (C&C 35, Mark I) "Corsair" 538243 On 8/15/2014 8:42 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: Finished a couple boat jobs yesterday and decided to go out on the lake for a late afternoon sail. Not much breeze but a pleasant sail nonetheless. After the pleasant uneventful sail, I entered Mandeville Harbor afterwards (30 20' 50", 90 03' 46"). There was a guy on the seawall fighting a fish. His buddy waved at me to move to the far side of the entrance to allow him to play the fish. As I went by the fish broke the surface. Wow! Looked like a 3-4 footer, species unknown. Then his line broke. Too bad. I continued up the harbor into the narrow bayou and made the sharp right hand turn....Holy Crap! Here comes one of my marina friends in his Leopard 38 catamaran with 20+ foot beam. I eased as far to the edge of the channel watching that my shrouds didn't hit overhanging branches from a cypress tree. We passed with 3 feet between us. A couple hundred yards later I had to dodge a moderately sized alligator swimming up the bayou. Glad to get Touche' back into the slip. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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