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Originally Posted by Aloha1
OK, OK  The pond is almost back to normal
(never has been dry) and the gator is still in my backyard. I wondered about lack of a food source causing it to move on. And, yes, one gator IS a problem in the "wild". It's a danger to small pets and children (grandkids). Up north, we have an overpopulation of deer. They have become a severe nuisance from chewing up yards and plants and causing serious traffic accidents. Townships are now authorizing hunting within the area to thin out the overpopulation. I look at gators as the same kind of nuisance with a big exception: To gators, WE are the food source. |
The deer are vegetarian and they feed on soft greens. As people cut down the trees kill off predators such as wolves, coyotes, and plant homes, you get more deer.
We humans find certain animals CUTE. Squirrels good rats bad-both are rodents and can damage your home and spread disease. Deer are in the cute group. Alligators, wolves, coyotes are not.
Nature will fill in any change in the environment and THE VILLAGES for better or worse is a major change.