A good opportunity for creative writing. In one of our local newspapers, the reason for the lady getting off the car was an argument with the man. That daughter was not even mentioned.

Maybe, the best is to ask the tiger...

Maybe the man finally 'won' an argument.

 

Maybe the man finally 'won' an argument.

I take this opportunity to call you an optimist.

 

Isn't a tiger attacking a human like that somewhat odd?

 

Isn't a tiger attacking a human like that somewhat odd?

It almost never happens in Florida, but there are places where people wear a mask on the back of their head to fool the tigers into believing the person can see them. This illusion doesn't last very long and the tigers resume eating people.

 

Isn't a tiger attacking a human like that somewhat odd?

I can see how a tiger would love a little excitement from the normal daily grind of looking at cars passing by loaded with fresh meat. Now, if one those lovely meat packages was standing outside with its backside to you, how could you resist?

 

Isn't a tiger attacking a human like that somewhat odd?

I don't see why? Historically they have never been known as timid predators?
And like most predators, are opportunists.
Max.

 

I suppose they see cars and people every day and are no longer normal tigers.

 

They have now added "Croc" signs at most of the parks/recreational watering holes..

"Croc" sign? Are you sure it wasn't "Gators"? We have crocodiles in Florida, but they range mostly way south - not much farther north than Ft. Meyers. And, they aren't very agressive at all.

I live near the Everglades Wildlife Management Area and I ride a bike on the levies there - during the day. It is nothing to see four or five 6+feet gators in the water sizing me up for lunch. It's gotten so scary that I will only ride with a gun out there. There is no way that I would ride the levies at night. The gators pull themselves onto the warm levies and lie in wait for unsuspecting tourists to join them for dinner.

 

It is nothing to see four or five 6+feet gators in the water sizing me up for lunch. It's gotten so scary that I will only ride with a gun out there.

That's why we don't let city cops go into the Everglades.

 

"Croc" sign? Are you sure it wasn't "Gators"? We have crocodiles in Florida, but they range mostly way south - not much farther north than Ft. Meyers. And, they aren't very agressive at all.

Title of this post was "what's up croc" so I used "croc"...

I used to go to Sanibel Island all the time when I was a kid.. Crocs/gators were all over the place down there.. It was normal to just be walking down the sidewalk and see them sitting just off the path in some water/weeds,etc...
I was fishing for gar off a pier (about 8 foot above the water) on a pond down there and pulled the gar about 3 ft up and a gator jumped up out of the water and snatched it.. I just let the line out and it took it all the way across the pond to the bank where I could just hear bones snapping,etc... Line broke and he got a good snack..hook and all...

 

a gator jumped up out of the water and snatched it..

Sometimes you just have to cut the line and tie on a new hook.

 

http://www.click2houston.com/news/300-pound-gator-in-garage-catches-homeowner-off-guard

HOUSTON - A man in Fulshear got quite the shock when he opened his garage door Thursday evening.

"I took two steps in and his head was literally right there," said Doug Dallmer, describing the nearly 9-foot long alligator that had crawled its way inside the garage.

 

Lucky Gator. I know a few people around here that would have served him for supper.

if one those lovely meat packages was standing in the garage, how could you resist?

(Please forgive my alteration of your statement.)

 

Lucky Gator. I know a few people around here that would have served him for supper.
(Please forgive my alteration of your statement.)

He was really upset there was no supper.

That's about the time to reach for the .45

 

A .22 will do if you know where to point, and that gator was just standing there holding still so nicely.
I can't think of a nicer gift unless it came with beer and charcoal briquettes.

 

Note to self, don't get dropped beer cans from the water in Florida.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/us/florida-alligator-bites-woman/index.html

The victim, who was on a dock, dropped a can in the water and when she reached her hand in to retrieve it, the alligator struck. Crowds rushed to her rescue, pulling her back and preventing her from falling into the water.

 

Note to self, don't get dropped beer cans from the water in Florida.

Freshwater, at night, second thing to make a splash?...tourist.

 

Without communications in a canoe near Everglades City ,a large black scaled alligator

slid into the water 20 feet away, you just have to stay calm...there no place to go..Don't

splash water.

 

It's the same adaptation people use when driving 60mph in deep snow and ice, something bad won't happen to ME.

having had several winter offroad experiences with vehicles not intended for that purpose i can suggest the safe iced (& black-iced) road sped is below 40km/h (much the same for fresh snow cover) - the std. starting-winter road (when the road is still warmer underneath) less than 70km/h * (◄ these numbers are quite exact - it's not below 42km/h and 72km/h and it is also not at 40km/h and at 70km/h - these are the limits - where controlling your vehicle goes suddenly a lot more if not totally impossible - so you want to keep it below that . . .) * . . . cleaned partial snow-striped road actually higher than in summer because the snow fills the road surface inequalities (but you don't want to test it because those conditions may change faster than what you are able to follow + it takes a winter driving esssentials e.g. no sudden-great turns/accelerations , in contrast you have to take turns gradually e.g. you make minor sudden turns in series so in time-average your car's wheels would be stright-aligned , e.c. . . . also 100% of your time sensing/realising all the forces appling to your vehicle - - - it is more relaxing/NRG-efficient to drive at the winter-speeds you master)

 

They serve deep fried gator at the Everglades air boat park near (slk001) it taste

like fried chicken.You have to take a air boat ride to a small island, they serve food and

and a guy dressed like a Indian and put his head in the alligators mouth to show off.