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Old 07-10-2012, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ilovetv View Post
I started the other thread because the kids told me, when I told them to be careful not to lean over the ropes or reach down toward the water, that they didn't have to worry about the gators because some "adult" had told them "it's just a MECHANICAL alligator". Taltarzac verified seeing this stupid "adult" saying this to them.

Some "adults" here pooh-poohed the warning. Disgraceful.
That's true. And I was with some teenage girls who were busy taking a lot of pictures from near the railing with their $200-$500 cell phones. There were some much smaller kids there also who could easily have fallen through the railing whether their parents were watching them or not.

It seems a lot of tourists in FL think the native life is something they would see in Disneyworld and is quite safe to be around.