Alligator attack
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Alligator attack
I used to live near there and swam on that lake often, this really sux.
http://www.charleston.net/photos/gal...igator_attack/
http://www.charleston.net/photos/gal...igator_attack/
#4
They more than likely killed the attacking alligator. Which is unfortunate because the man was invading his territory and its in its nature to defend itself. They always kill an animal when it attacks a person instead of just capturing it and moving it.
Like that one documentary that appeared on discovery channel eariler in the year where the guy was following a pack of bears around. He ended up getting too close and they killed him. Shortly after some people came back and killed the offending bears for defending themselves.
Like that one documentary that appeared on discovery channel eariler in the year where the guy was following a pack of bears around. He ended up getting too close and they killed him. Shortly after some people came back and killed the offending bears for defending themselves.
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Ouch, I hope they can save his arm. I agree the Aligator should have been captured and moved.
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As for killing all animals that attack humans, that's bullshit. Animals don't often attack people unprovoked. People are idiots. I'd be for exterminating all animals that attack humans as long as we can exterminate stupid people as well.
#11
i fail to understand why people are A.) continually surprised by this sort of thing, or B.) get angry at the animal when it happens. WE are the ones trespassing onto THEIR home. If someone waltzes into your residence, you feel as if you should be allowed to defend it, etc... if you know damn well there are alligators in XYZ pond/lake/whatever, why the hell are you surprised when you get your arm bitten off for swimming with them?
people amaze me...
people amaze me...
#12
It's the same reason why they put "Do Not Drink" on **** like Windex. Somewhere along the line, society in general lost all common sense and decided that it's easier if people held our hands and guided us through life. Apparently the memo that swimming in waters known to be populated by alligators, crocodiles, and sharks slipped through that office's in box. Oh well, guess it's time to post signs with illustrations (so we can pander to the illiterate) every 50 feet or so.
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i fail to understand why people are A.) continually surprised by this sort of thing, or B.) get angry at the animal when it happens. WE are the ones trespassing onto THEIR home. If someone waltzes into your residence, you feel as if you should be allowed to defend it, etc... if you know damn well there are alligators in XYZ pond/lake/whatever, why the hell are you surprised when you get your arm bitten off for swimming with them?
people amaze me...
people amaze me...
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I believe in self preservation before preserving animals. I suppose in this case, it would be best to move if possible since aligators are by nature agressive to humans (right?). I live in California and we have bears here who I believe need to be killed if they become agressive behaviors since it is natural for them to fear humans and agression to humans is a "learned" behavior. Same goes for some of the wildcats in our region. Sorry if you don't agree.
btw, i like to go backpacking and its nice to know that the rare animal that learns to attack humans is removed.
btw, i like to go backpacking and its nice to know that the rare animal that learns to attack humans is removed.
#16
akaryrye- animals don really "learn" to attack humans.....if you **** any animal off they will attack you, doesn't mater if its wild or domesticated, its natural instinct for anything, including humans.
If you get into a fight with someone they don't shoot you/him afterwards because you "learned" to attack people....
now im not saying that animals are the same as humans but by your statement you think you can kill whatever you want.
it just seems that you're forgetting that the animals were here before we were.
^IMHO
If you get into a fight with someone they don't shoot you/him afterwards because you "learned" to attack people....
now im not saying that animals are the same as humans but by your statement you think you can kill whatever you want.
it just seems that you're forgetting that the animals were here before we were.
^IMHO
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yeah they shot the alligator in the head because it was just sittin there lookin at him. After cutting into the alligator's stomach to get the arm out i don't think they were able to reattach it anyway ( has to be a clean cut to reattach i think and a bitten/ripped off arm is not clean in any way ), not sure if he's still in critical condition or not....
#19
who cares...leave the animals alone, they are animals, we should be smarter than them and those who are not, well they dont deserve to live...go "natural selection"...the weak die and the strong survive so the next generation is even stronger...isnt that how its supposed to work...so go survive
#20
That sucks for the guy, but you gotta watch out for that. That's crazy...my family used to go there fishing all the time when we lived at Charleston AFB. We even caught a little 4 ft gator with a fishing lure once. Well, actually, my little brother, who was about 4 at the time unintentionally snagged it.