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blondie
The one who did not eat the kid but most likely mistook it for some nocturnal animal and decided it didn't like the taste of toadler.
Alligator, spits out kid... "Bleaachh. Tastes like chicken nuggets!"
Re: another pna via wild animal June 15, 2016 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,304 |
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the noodler
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blondie
The one who did not eat the kid but most likely mistook it for some nocturnal animal and decided it didn't like the taste of toadler.
Alligator, spits out kid... "Bleaachh. Tastes like chicken nuggets!"
What a coincidence, there is a ride at Epcot where Figment says "tastes like chicken!"
Re: another pna via wild animal June 16, 2016 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 951 |
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The body of the boy, Lane Graves, was found intact about 1:45 p.m., not far from where
the boy was grabbed Tuesday night, Demings said. His body had only a few puncture wounds,
according to a source familiar with the investigation.
He likely drowned, Demings said.
"Of course, the autopsy has to confirm that, but there is likely no question in my mind that the child
was drowned by the alligator," Demings said.
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Demings said the Graves were distraught yet relieved that this was not a protracted search.
He said he brought a priest with him when breaking the news to the parents, who are Catholic.
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Executive Director Nick Wiley said the alligator may have already been caught, but that has not yet been confirmed.
"We're going to make certain that we have the alligator that was involved, and that we remove it from the lake," he said.
Forensics teams will try to determine whether one of the alligators already taken from the lake is the one that dragged off the boy.
If not, the search for alligators in the lake will continue.
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Crocodilians such as the alligator are predators with ineffective teeth action -
they can bite prey to kill it but can't tear flesh or chew. Small enough prey are swallowed whole while for larger prey,
such as a deer, the carcass is cached underwater and left to rot (or "ripen") until it is easy to eat.
Re: another pna via wild animal June 16, 2016 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,440 |
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Executive Director Nick Wiley said the alligator may have already been caught, but that has not yet been confirmed.
"We're going to make certain that we have the alligator that was involved, and that we remove it from the lake," he said.
Forensics teams will try to determine whether one of the alligators already taken from the lake is the one that dragged off the boy.
If not, the search for alligators in the lake will continue.
Re: another pna via wild animal June 16, 2016 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,440 |
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Matt Walsh, whose name I've heard but can't place exactly, just wrote a long and stupid blog article that is filled with bingos about the hateful mean people who are criticizing these poor parunts. And of course, anyone who dares to question the parents is a bitter, childless hater.
Nobody is happy this kid is dead, particularly from something was preventable with the application of a little common sense and dare I say it, respecting signs!
I think the "he wasn't swimming--he was wading," bothers me most of all. Based on this blogger's age and idiot comments from younger people....there is clearly a generation gap. I was born in 1962. I was raised by old school parents. I was raised to have reading comprehension skills. I actually read signs that are posted in public places and MODIFY MY BEHAVIOR ACCORDINGLY.
Today, you see peoples' kids in fountains, ponds, all bodies of water, sign or no sign.
Idiots today think signs are merely suggestions. Those pesky rules and signs about not jay walking or not parking in specified areas couldn't possibly apply to their special little selves. (Kind of like the rules on this page, yanno?)
Anyway, Lurking Breeders, here's a reading lesson:
"No swimming" doesn't mean:
no floating on a raft
no wading
no doing the dog paddle, because that's not really considered swimming.
IT MEANS:
NO PART OF YOUR BODY IS TO ENTER THE WATER
OR
STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE WATER.
Re: another pna via wild animal June 16, 2016 | Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 353 |
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Who created this policy in response to alligator attacks? Is this a proportional response and an effective use of staff time? Will this greatly increase general safety, give people confidence in the rule of law, or otherwise promote stability?
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Who created this policy in response to alligator attacks? Is this a proportional response and an effective use of staff time? Will this greatly increase general safety, give people confidence in the rule of law, or otherwise promote stability?
So this. And I suppose the "forensic analysis" means swabbing the mouths of the deceased alligators to look for the presence of human DNA? And pushing these kits to the front of the line, displacing other cases where there's an actual perpetrator.
This whole response is an exercise in stupidity.
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bell_flower
Matt Walsh, whose name I've heard but can't place exactly, just wrote a long and stupid blog article that is filled with bingos about the hateful mean people who are criticizing these poor parunts. And of course, anyone who dares to question the parents is a bitter, childless hater.
Nobody is happy this kid is dead, particularly from something was preventable with the application of a little common sense and dare I say it, respecting signs!
I think the "he wasn't swimming--he was wading," bothers me most of all. Based on this blogger's age and idiot comments from younger people....there is clearly a generation gap. I was born in 1962. I was raised by old school parents. I was raised to have reading comprehension skills. I actually read signs that are posted in public places and MODIFY MY BEHAVIOR ACCORDINGLY.
Today, you see peoples' kids in fountains, ponds, all bodies of water, sign or no sign.
Idiots today think signs are merely suggestions. Those pesky rules and signs about not jay walking or not parking in specified areas couldn't possibly apply to their special little selves. (Kind of like the rules on this page, yanno?)
Anyway, Lurking Breeders, here's a reading lesson:
"No swimming" doesn't mean:
no floating on a raft
no wading
no doing the dog paddle, because that's not really considered swimming.
IT MEANS:
NO PART OF YOUR BODY IS TO ENTER THE WATER
OR
STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE WATER.
Any application of logic would reveal that there are very few circumstances where swimming would be unsafe but wading would be safe. Consider all the reasons there might be no-swimming signs: brain-eating amoeba, stinging jellyfish, sharks, alligators, riptide, algae bloom, polluted water, leaches, piranha, etc. Do many of those suggest that wading would be a safe alternative to swimming, especially for toddlers?
Re: another pna via wild animal June 16, 2016 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,204 |
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bell_flower
I would hate to be working at disney.
Re: another pna via wild animal June 16, 2016 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 7,149 |
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the noodler
In between the time I read this at home and coming here to my other job, I thought.... "Wait, they were staying in a resort with $500 a night rooms and think some pond, in Florida, is the place for their wee one to paddle, splash and wade?"
And now, this. I definitely say PNA!
(And when I was walking out of my apartment, my equally crusty and CF neighbor lady asked me about this and she LOVES the "PNA" explanation. I also filled her in on the time and the signs that said NO SWIMMING, that the "news" keeps omitting from the story. And she agrees. They PLANNED this.)
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Crocodilians such as the alligator are predators with ineffective teeth action -
they can bite prey to kill it but can't tear flesh or chew. Small enough prey are swallowed whole while for larger prey,
such as a deer, the carcass is cached underwater and left to rot (or "ripen") until it is easy to eat.
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