Uh oh, what is that in the water? I was a little bit scared to see this scary Alligator picture.
Mom met these new Alligator "friends" at Gator Beach at Fudpucker's Restaurant in Destin, FL.
Mom met these new Alligator "friends" at Gator Beach at Fudpucker's Restaurant in Destin, FL.
They ambush their prey by pretending to be a log in the water, and they can lunge out of the water at least half their body length! They eat almost anything that they can swallow whole, including small mammals!
Hey, I am a small mammal!!!!
There were DANGER signs posted all over. Mom! I don't know if I want to be friends with these Alligators.....they might eat me!
Mom was sad to see these Gators in captivity.
But she did find out that some of the proceeds from this exhibit, support the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, a local FL nonprofit organization that rescues and rehabilitates injured wildlife, so that made mom feel a little better.
There were guides at Gator Beach who educated the visitors on the Alligators.But what did mom do next??
Mom held a small Alligator! I asked mom how his skin felt, and mom did not want to say.Then she whispered to me, "JB, it felt like an expensive Italian leather handbag."
I was afraid of that, so I told my mom I was not scared any more and I wanted to be friends with my new Alligator friends.
If I can do anything to help protect them, I will!
20 comments:
You can be friends cause they are far away, We are glad there aren't any around where we live@
They creep me out. Friends from a distance-good idea.
Even I wouldn't eat woo whole!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
PeeEssWoo: Tank woo fur your Laska thoughts and purrs...He's listed just about evfurrywhere and anywhere!
fudpuckers? Are you aloud to say that word?...sounds alot like an HBO word to me...I like how it rolls off your tongue though
I don't think I would be friends with a gator, JB, you are much to pristine and they may splash water on you and get yours furs wet...
Deetzy
What a sec. So your Mom went to this so called restaurant? Was this a restaurant for gators to choose their meal, or a restaurant where people eat gators? You are very nice to want to be friends with the gators. I would be too scared, no matter what!
Your mom is so very brave to have held an alligator.
Love,
Teddy Bear
What nice photos! They seem to be top models! That one was so little! Why they closed him the mouth???
Wow, can't believe you're Mom is holding that thing!! She is brave! Too funny you have Fudpucker's. In MN we have a chain called Rudrucker's!
WOW!! That alligator is a bit scary ,but kinda cute at the same time. Maybe because it is little ;)
I think it would be happy in it's present home though ;) heehee
Purrs Mickey
I think a long-distance friendship with alligators would be all right. Just don't get too close to one, or you could very well get eaten.
Speaking of restaurant names, we have a restaurant here called Fuddruckers! I think it's a chain.
Holy Smokes JB! Your mom is "daring" Our mom is skerd to pick up a 'lil slug...LOL. And, we would have guessed it felt like a nice handbag too! Shhh, don't tell them gators.
"JB, it felt like an expensive Italian leather handbag." - oh that is funny. Personally I am scared of creatures like that, lol. Nice pictures as always. Anna :)
Hiya JB! We made our mom write to you to tell you we tagged you in our blog...since she's a human and SO NOT computer savvy, we made her write to you and let you know...Geez, she's got to get better with this thing!
Tommy says she could handle the small ones--that she'd even hold it--but the gigantic ones....I think I would even run from those!
Noir
Eewwwww! Your mom is very brave! I don't think I want to be friends with the alligators, they look dangerous! Love, Dino
Wow--animals posing as logs are scary to us, especially since Miss Ari grabs and chews on ever piece of wood she can find. Still, we're glad you're going to be protecting these guys, JB.
Oh my! Gators are a little bit scary! But it is pretty cool that your mom got to hold one! My mom says she would rather hold a gator than a snake!!
xo
those creatures scare me before a snake would.
*yiks*
Happy 4th of July.
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