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After hearing reports that an alligator was loose in a suburban neighborhood, Kansas City police rushed to a home and found a concrete, ornamental alligator. Except they didn’t realize that’s what it was right away:
After consulting a conservation agent, who told them to kill the gator if they felt it posed a danger, one of the officers shot it twice in the head before realizing something was up, said Tom Gentry, an Independence police spokesman.
“It didn’t move,” Gentry said. “They inched up closer and closer and discovered it was a mock-up of a real alligator made to look like it was real.”
Link via Say Uncle | Photo: AP
A woman in Parauapebas, Brazil, was shocked to find her three-year-old behind the sofa, petting an alligator!
The woman snatched the child away and called the fire brigade, who trapped the 1.5m-long (5ft) alligator.
The firefighters said the family was lucky the reptile was not hungry.
Firefighter Captain Luiz Claudio Farias said it could have seriously hurt or even killed the boy.
The alligator was taken from the house and released in another area. Link -via Arbroath
(Image credit: Flickr user Mohammed Al-Naser)
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A woman in Venice, Fl, has discovered what appears to be the world’s first orange alligator. Sylvia Mythen was returning home from work when she snapped this picture to send to her grandkids.
While some biologists believe the gator may be half albino, experts with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission believe the animal’s odd color is the result of paint or stain that spilled into its habitat.
Link | Photo by Sylvia Mythen
Cat owns alligator. Then the alligator returns with reinforcements. No gator is a match for this kitty! -via The Daily What
Photo: Barry Bland/Bancroft USA
Forget about the “Hog.” If you really want to look cool on the roads, buy this motorcycle custom made with a real alligator. It’s not a crock, and it’s not without merit. The bike will be auctioned off to raise money for a wildlife charity.
Hebert’s Specialty Meats can supply your Thanksgiving entree complete with alligator dressing. Order it with your turkey, duck, chicken, quail, or rabbit. From the description, it sounds delicious!
Sauté onion, bell pepper, and that wonderful Cajun seasoning, smother alligator meat in tomato sauce. Combine finished product with white rice.
Link -via Woman’s Day
(image credit: Flickr user Paraflyer)
Today’s collaboration with the What is it? Blog brings us this …. alligator?! Actually, this object has a specific function. Do you know what it is?
Place your guess in the comment section. The first correct guess, as well as the funniest (but ultimately wrong) guess will win a T-shirt from the Neatorama Shop. Please let others play and post no URLs or web links. Doing so will forfeit your entry.
For more clues, check out the What is it? Blog. Good luck!
Update 11/20/09 – the answer is A cast iron alligator match safe, text on its back says “Monon Route”, on its legs “Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Atlanta”, on its head “Chicago” and on the tail “Florida”. It advertised the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, which later changed its name to The Monon Route, it served the previously mentioned locations.
Congratulations to Edward who got it right first (again) and to pwscott who made me chuckle with “steampunk pez.”
How long does it take for an alligator to chomp a watermelon? Watch and find out.
– via itsanimals
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Seeing the steampunk electric guitar reminded me of the Gatortar. It is a telecaster guitar, made with alligator skin by Louisiana artist John Preble. Check out the head stock – it’s a claw!
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