OT: Our Company Pet...
 

OT, but here's a couple pics of our company pet. Thought you guys might appreciate it. He cruises the lake on our property. Mean-lookin sunuvabitsh...

I took these pics this afternoon. He's about 10-11' long...still a little guy.

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How cool, what's his name?

I've been calling him "The Gator." The name just kind of stuck, you know. :D

And the gator has a brain the size of a prune,like the saying in the jaws Movie he does only a couple things with his life..:D

Im do for some new boots, got an address:eureka:

"The Gator."

how did youguys come up with that name??? :)

Nitro
 

Nitro,
It would amaze you what kind of **** you would be in for turning Mr gator into a pair of boots. These Gators are so well protected by the state it would be cheaper just to buy those boots:D :D

That's funny, we used to have a "pet" gator in the pond behind my friend's ATV/Jet-ski shop. We also called him "The Gator" He was only about 6' long and we used to hang raw chickens from a tree to watch him eat. It was quite a sight. Unfortunately some nearby homeless people shot our gator one night. Kind of scary that the homeless people are armed here in Houston. Not sure why they shot it, the gator certainly didn't bother us when we would swim or jetski in the pond. We've since had the local motorcycle cop (who gets a hookup at the shop) run the homeless people off. Just to make sure they didn't come back, we pretty much ran over their little shelter and dragged their mattresses away with some 4-wheelers.

I think you moved them to Key West.

:D:D


Actually, gators are pretty well protected, like Johno said, until they attampt some unscrupulous activities...Like attacking someone.

We used to have two or three, now we're down to only this one. He's fairly new, though...All these little lakes around here are interconnected so they travel around.

One of the others we had did a number on some old lady walking her dog next to the lake....The dog didn't make it, and the lady almost didn't either...Of course, she thought it wise to try and save little Foo-Foo...

Despite the numerous "Private Property - No Tresspassing" signs, We felt it best to rid the lake of the gators for fear of some stupid lawsuit...A quick call to a local trapper netted us a nice souvenier skin and a Barbeque lunch with gator tail.

:cool: :D

It's not hard to have one considered a neusence witch gets it tapped and killed. You can also apply for a permit to hunt them once a year awarded by a lottery. I have had several friends do that.

Hey-

That looks like "LIL gator" that runs around our part of town.:p :rolleyes: :eek: :D :D

All we got to do now is teach them to eat Manatee:D

What's wrong with the following phrases......

"the gator certainly didn't bother us when we would swim or jetski in the pond. "

"Unfortunately some nearby homeless people shot our gator one night. Kind of scary that the homeless people are armed here in Houston."


:D :D :D

Daze,

How about a picture with your head in his mouth like they do the Lions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

That is a cool pet, Just glad we do not have any up here. Even though there have been reports of one in Lake Norman the last two years.

Keep him down there!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dock

You're absoutely right.

Dock, you do not want your head in there as all of there strength is closing the mouth. If you catch one, you can hold his mouth closed with one hand.:cool:

He said "Catch One"!!!! F%ck that!!!!:eek:

Maybe the homeless dudes were hungry:p

Saw some stupid crap on TV this weekend. Some show about "stupid people".

This dense gator wrangler was showing off for his penny-ante crowd at his "world famous gator show". This doofus was rasslin a gator about 10 foot long. He had his mouth open and was holding hi,m like that for pictures.

Some toothless woman with a halter top hollered for him to stick his head in his mouth. Doofus happily obliged, apparently hoping to get some white trash action from miss toofless. All was well until a drop of sweat from hoghead landed on gatorboy's tongue.

Big teeth sunk deep into the fleshy meathead of Doofus. Doofus DID have huge arms and was a visibly powerful man, but there was no way he was going to spring that jawtrap. Gator tried to spin Doofus in a death spin but Doofus was anchored pretty well.

A bunch of guys piled on, and somebody stuck a 2x4 into the gator's mouth. I don't think they so much PRIED the mouth open as much as the gator just didn't like the taste of the wqood or something. Anyhow, gator let Doofus go. Doofus had skull damage and a bunch of deep bloody holes in his head.

They interviewed him afterwards, and all I can figure is that he survived with no permanent damage because he and the gator both share prune-sized brains...

Blackened Gator tail taste great.

Hey Bust-a- maybe you should have feed the raw chicken to the homeless, that would get them to leave.

Steve1,
That's the best idea I've heard in a long time!!! :D:D

Right on, Allan!.......what's wrong with that picture??

Good stuff, guys! :)

Gators are cool.....well when they live in Florida. That was the first thing I wanted to see when I went to Florida. I don't think I would want to get very close to one though.

Hey Bust-a- maybe you should have feed the raw chicken to the homeless, that would get them to leave.

No that just makes them multiply.

WHOA there not to good of a pet to have, watch out he might bite off your legs if you get to close.

You mean they're still protecting these things? I thought they were off the list because they had become a nuisance. I bet they come off the list should one crawl up into Jeb’s yard?

Roby
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There is now a very short season for gator. You can put your name on a lottery list to be chosen for a permit. Still, it's hardly putting a dent in the population. They're everywhere. :D They are tasty, though, and can be had in almost every half-way decent resteraunt here!

Just outside of our company entrance there's a drainage ditch that connects to a large lake. Several time this year we had a 4-6 footer swimming around.

H2OCowgirl, You don't want to get anywhere near one. I was shocked when my daughter said her (2nd grade) teacher taught the class how to run away from one. Never run in a straight line, always run a zig-zag pattern becuase the gator can't change direction quickly when running on land.
And if you don't think a gator can jump, guess agin. The Gatorland Park has a show where they feed chicken parts to the "population. I've seen them jump 5+ feet straight up out of the water to get the food. One employee said she saw one jump up out of the water to grab a bird from a tree.

Funny story here---I was painting the radio towers for the city of Punta Gorda several years ago, one tower is next to a pond. Well, from up high I could see 2 gators swimming around in the pond. My helper was on the ground and decided to take a little nap. I ran out of paint and needed him to send me up a new can and can't raise him on the radio. I can see he's snoozing, so I dropped the empty can about 5 yards from him. BANG! When he looked up I started screaming on the radio that a gator was right behind him!(it wasn't of course) The guy SCORCHED a path thru the weeds and stuff and scurried about 10 feet up the tower yelling WHERE? WHERE?
I like to fell from 200' I laughed so hard. He didn't nap on me again. :D:D:D

LOL! Bet he needed to clean up after that one. :D :D

Too funny!:D

The three things that turn me off about south FL...

1) Sharks!
2) Gators!
3) No hablo English!

:D :D :D

South Florida?
Central Fla. is no better. I walk into any local store and I realize that now I'm the minority. :crazy:

One summer the wife, grandson and I were swimming at a local county park. I happened to overhear two park employees talking about a gator that was hiding in the swamp grass next to the swim area. I inquired about it and was instructed to just stay clear of that side and it won't bother us. We could hear it grunting but it never showed its self.

Not good.:(
By the time I'm ready to retire in FL, I'll need a passport to enter the state.:rolleyes:

Several years ago, as I was driving I-95 coming up from Hollywood, FL, I spotted a bumper sticker that read
"Will the last American leaving Miami please bring the flag". :D
Last time I was in Miami I saw more Cuban flags than American. And every place I stopped I had trouble finding some one that spoke english. :confused:

Not quite a gator, but this guy likes to sun himself on my dock!!!!

Oh yeah, I live 2 miles from loxahatchee National Wildlife refuge, in the eveglades, beginning of Hillsboro Canal, wouldnt surprise me if there is a gator or 10 in there!!!!

OH... don't get me started!!! We passed a proposition here in California denying illegal immigrants free medical care and schooling for their children... THEY MARCHED DOWN SHERMAN WAY WAVING THE FLAG OF MEXICO AND SHOUTING " WE DEMAND OUR RIGHTS". Can you imagine what would happen if you did the same thing in Mexico??? I feel they have the "right" to return to their own country and come back legally...

I really have to bite my tongue on this one, I don't want to piss anyone off...:hothead:

Doin' the same here.