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When they open up gators, the stomach contents can be amazing – license plates, birds, fish – pretty much anything. (Remember the shark stomach sequence from “Jaws”? Similar appetites.) When nutria invaded the Gulf Coast, they became a favorite gator food. They live in the same environment and breed like rats. Gators like food that is roughly the size of their mouths – i.e., a function of the age of the gator. Nutria are the McDonald’s drive-thru of the alligator world and where they share territory with alligators, the alligators get fat. Golf course lakes around here are frequently home to alligators and it’s not unusual to see 3-legged dogs in the area. A friend with property in Brazoria County loses a calf or two every year. So, yeah, to an alligator a shark is just another invitation to dinner. People wade fishing in coastal areas learn to tie a slip knot in your stringer just in case a gator decides to come by and grab a snack.
I’ve been amazed to see turtles swimming – even thriving – in pits full of oil or haz waste. Turtles, alligators, sharks – your species doesn’t last for millions of years if you are a snowflake or a picky eater.
I heard some years ago and I think it’s still true that there’s never been a recorded human death from an alligator in Texas.
October 17th, 2017 at 08:24
When they open up gators, the stomach contents can be amazing – license plates, birds, fish – pretty much anything. (Remember the shark stomach sequence from “Jaws”? Similar appetites.) When nutria invaded the Gulf Coast, they became a favorite gator food. They live in the same environment and breed like rats. Gators like food that is roughly the size of their mouths – i.e., a function of the age of the gator. Nutria are the McDonald’s drive-thru of the alligator world and where they share territory with alligators, the alligators get fat. Golf course lakes around here are frequently home to alligators and it’s not unusual to see 3-legged dogs in the area. A friend with property in Brazoria County loses a calf or two every year. So, yeah, to an alligator a shark is just another invitation to dinner. People wade fishing in coastal areas learn to tie a slip knot in your stringer just in case a gator decides to come by and grab a snack.
I’ve been amazed to see turtles swimming – even thriving – in pits full of oil or haz waste. Turtles, alligators, sharks – your species doesn’t last for millions of years if you are a snowflake or a picky eater.
I heard some years ago and I think it’s still true that there’s never been a recorded human death from an alligator in Texas.