Real ALLIGATORS at Magic Kingdom?

[PrincessKsMom]

Here's a couple I found on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ZqrnJkQuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiPSIgUx2Ls&NR=1

I think they should start photoshopping in an alligator on people's Splash Mountain pics if there's an empty row in the boat.

 

[larryz]

Welcome to Florida, The Zoo State.

 

[AgentGabs]

If you see a gator you're best off staying away from it, just because they look docile doesn't mean that they wont attack, specially if you assume they're used to human contact.
I live in Miami almost once a month we get gators crawling out the the canals and attempting to take residence in our backyards.

You're best bet is to find a manager (usually CM who are not in some sort of costume...business type clothes) and let them know, they will alert animal control and they will take care of the moving of the animal so that guests are not in any type of danger.

But here's a funny story. Once when I was at the Boat Dock at DAK where Winnie the Pooh and friends have a meet and greet. When out of no where a gator crawls out of the water and starts to sun itself right behind the characters (where the actual loading dock is for that boat ride used to be).
The attendants immediately closed the line, apologized to the guests that the area was closed, and I've never seen Pooh and friends run up that hill back to their "home" so fast before. It was hilarious.
Late we were told that Animal Control came and moved the gator to another body of water elsewhere in the park where there were not guests and the lines were back open.

 

[BetsyS]

I will be at CSR next month - I saw a picture of a small alligator but kept wondering WHERE IS THE MOTHER? Any info?

 

[spoileddani]

I will be at CSR next month - I saw a picture of a small alligator but kept wondering WHERE IS THE MOTHER? Any info?

She was this little girls pet but her dad didn't want her to keep it. He flushed it down the toilet and last word was, it was living in the sewers around the park.

 

[Wall-E1]

I will be at CSR next month - I saw a picture of a small alligator but kept wondering WHERE IS THE MOTHER? Any info?

This is one of the instances where you would need to take caution around alligators. When people see baby ones they might go in closer for a picture, thinking that they are so small that the danger is less. This is a bad idea. Usually the mother is not very far away, and she is very protective. She is probably hiding very nearby. Even if she is hunting for food, she is still in earshot of the babies. Now, the fathers on the other hand. They have already left the mother, drained her bank account, moved to L.A.; and are parading around town in Ed Hardy shirts, while claiming that they care about their children.

 

[CdnCarrie]

This is one of the instances where you would need to take caution around alligators. When people see baby ones they might go in closer for a picture, thinking that they are so small that the danger is less. This is a bad idea. Usually the mother is not very far away, and she is very protective. She is probably hiding very nearby. Even if she is hunting for food, she is still in earshot of the babies. Now, the fathers on the other hand. They have already left the mother, drained her bank account, moved to L.A.; and are parading around town in Ed Hardy shirts, while claiming that they care about their children.

That's priceless!!

 

[spoileddani]

Now, the fathers on the other hand. They have already left the mother, drained her bank account, moved to L.A.; and are parading around town in Ed Hardy shirts, while claiming that they care about their children.

We shall just call that daddy gator Jon.

 

[TangaroaTiki]

I LOVE seeing the armadillos at WDW

 

[CLR4321]

I just watched the video of the gator in Splash Mountain where the CM is trying to poke around one of those "gator taming sticks", or whatever they are called! The look on a couple of the people's faces (the ones you could actually see) were priceless. I hadn't heard about that until today...but it makes sense that there's gators in the water in the parks. If I was a gator, I'd be living it up in the MK!

 

[ireland_nicole]

With a park hopper, of course.

This is one of the instances where you would need to take caution around alligators. When people see baby ones they might go in closer for a picture, thinking that they are so small that the danger is less. This is a bad idea. Usually the mother is not very far away, and she is very protective. She is probably hiding very nearby. Even if she is hunting for food, she is still in earshot of the babies. Now, the fathers on the other hand. They have already left the mother, drained her bank account, moved to L.A.; and are parading around town in Ed Hardy shirts, while claiming that they care about their children.

 

[3floridarays]

I worry more about the ones hiding under my car at 6am when I leave for work than I am about the ones in the water. All I can say is that if you walk up to your car and it starts hissing at you...BACK AWAY FROM THE CAR!

 

[ZeroToHero]

I think they should start photoshopping in an alligator on people's Splash Mountain pics if there's an empty row in the boat.

Oh man! I say we bring this up to the Executives!!!! That would be hilarious!

They have Br'er Alligators, after all....

 

[KatMark]

I will be at CSR next month - I saw a picture of a small alligator but kept wondering WHERE IS THE MOTHER? Any info?

Glen, as he was named at the CSR, has been removed from the lake as he got to the size where it was time to move him.

 

[marathonmommy]

A while ago, I read a post where a CM posted a pic of an alligator hanging out in one of the bathrooms at MK . . . I'll see if I can find it.

 

[yrdlyprincess]

I would have to say that it's just like snakes-- once they find them and they are at a certain size they are "moved" to a better location. WHy do I always read these threads right b4 I go to bed!!

 

[Wall-E1]

You've been on a roll, Wall-E1. Keep posting, you're making the boards interesting lately.

Thank you. Might I point you over to an interesting post on the "How to tour with extended family thread". It seems we have a similar sense of humor. I think you'll enjoy it.

 

[dolphindan1]

Alligators aren't the only wildlife that can be seen at Walt Disney World.Other wildlife that has been spottted at WDW include Deer,Armadillos,Snakes,Rabbits,Bobcats,Otters,Squirrels and Turkeys.

We saw a Armadillo scampering, they dont run, across the parking lot of the gas station as you leave MK...first one I had seen...I must say it was the coolest thing...Looked like a big Rolly Polly...LOL

As far as Gators I live on a lake in SC and they just killed a 14 footer, big for a gator...biggest one I had seen...anyway I have lived here for 36 years and never had a problem...We swim, ski, whatever...right where we had seen gators that morning or evening...they will not mess with humans...now a small dog or a deer....watch out...Crocodiles which they have in southern florida are a little different...little more aggressive...

Gators only become a issue when they are fed by humans and I would have reported that kid feeding the gator...it is illegal...and hoped the family got fined...that gator now needs to be killed, it cannot be relocated...its now a danger to humans as they are now associated with food...the kid is lucky cause they can jump about 6 feet....

The biggest nusances are the birds at AK near the BBQ place...and freaking seagulls

 

[dolphindan1]

I will be at CSR next month - I saw a picture of a small alligator but kept wondering WHERE IS THE MOTHER? Any info?

If it was a New born, 1st year mom may have and probably was around but they are on there on after the first year...usually about 6 months

 

[dolphindan1]

copy paste from Wikipedia

Alligators and humans
Alligators are capable of killing humans, but are generally wary enough not to see them as a potential prey. Alligator bites are serious injuries due to the risk of infection. Inadequate treatment or neglect of an alligator bite may result in an infection that necessitates amputation of a limb.[citation needed] The alligator's tail is a fearsome weapon capable of knocking a person down and breaking bones. Alligators are protective parents who will protect their young by attacking anything that comes too close or looks like it's aggressive and could kill one of the baby alligators.
Since 1948, there have been more than 275 unprovoked attacks on humans in Florida, of which at least 17 resulted in death.[17] There were only nine fatal attacks in the U.S. throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but alligators killed 12 people from 2001 to 2007. In May 2006, alligators killed three Floridians in four days, two of them in the same day.[18]
Several Florida tourist attractions have taken advantage of fears and myths about alligators—as well as the reality of their danger—through a practice known as alligator wrestling. Created in the early 20th century by some members of the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribe of Florida, this tourism tradition continues to the present day.