A 13-foot
alligator, trapped at Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island, S.C., was euthanized because it was a
nuisance alligator.
Why was it a
nuisance alligator? Because it ate everything in sight.
Here’s what
trappers found when they opened up the alligator’s stomach:
2 baseballs.
1 tennis ball.
2 unidentifiable
balls.
53 fishing
lures.
Half pound of
lead sinkers.
A 4-foot gator.
18 rocks.
1 beer can.
2 turtles.
And a partridge
in a pear tree.*
* Just kidding about the partridge in a
pear tree, though it could've been true.
Mark Carinus,
who assists Critter Management with trapping and harvesting nuisance gators,
told IslandPacket.com:
"People
don't understand that this gator could not be relocated. It would eat any
smaller gator. It snapped up the soccer ball at the water's edge and it could
easily snatch a dog or a small child."
Thanks UnderwaterTimes.com!
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