Gators trying to spy on Tennessee

[YankeeVol]

They sent one up. He was caught however.

'Gator done:' Tennessee wildlife officers trap alligator in Rhea County

The University of Tennessee Volunteers' football team heads south to take on the University of Florida Gators this Saturday.But it looks like at least one gator

newschannel9.com

 

[give_him 6]

I had read an article recently about gators moving into Tennessee, outside of Memphis.

 

[Ratvol]

They sent one up. He was caught however.

'Gator done:' Tennessee wildlife officers trap alligator in Rhea County

The University of Tennessee Volunteers' football team heads south to take on the University of Florida Gators this Saturday.But it looks like at least one gator

newschannel9.com

That kinda resembles Spurrier...

GO VOLS!!!!

 

[kiddiedoc]

Alligators expanding into Tennessee is just another species that we must learn to coexist with like many of the other southern states.

Nope. Nope, nope, nope.

 

[VolBricks]

TWRA should trap any Gator's and send them back where they came from.

 

[LadyVolette]

TWRA should trap any Gator's and send them back where they came from.

Exactly.. they are not a native species and would wreak havoc on the ecosystems and biomes and whatnot

 

[ru4real-really?]

when I was a kid, we brought an alligator back from a Florida vacation. Built him a nice pen and gave him a name (Al) and made him our pet. He didn't survive the first freeze! They are a cold bloodied reptile. They use the sun to warm their blood!

Thats it! play the gators in December!

 

[OrangeTsar]

Dare I say it?

It was obviously…….



an Investi-GATOR

 

[DuckInAPen]

Nope. Nope, nope, nope.

Ask him how another southern state is "learning to coexist" with the Burmese python.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

Dare I say it?

It was obviously…….



an Investi-GATOR

If he was stirring up trouble , he would an insti-gator

 

[Sarms58]

They got help getting north...

“The story, supposedly, is the alligators were brought here in the (1930s and 1940s) to help with beaver overpopulation,” said Dr. Karen Sheppard, the city of Huntsville’s animal services director.
It was a different time almost a century ago, Sheppard said, a time when alligators could be brought to a city to eat the beavers and reduce their impact of backing up water. “I don’t think there were any permits associated with moving them, but the thought was they were having a lot of trouble with beavers backing up moving water, as beavers do,” Sheppard said. “And so from there, they have just established a nice breeding population, and they continue to spread out. And they’re here to stay, and the federal and state agencies, they’re protected. And they want us, you know, to leave them alone.”

They are spotted frequently in the Tennessee River and side streams around Huntsville and Decatur.

 

[feathersax]

TWRA should trap any Gator's and send them back where they came from.

Naah...just exterminate 'em permanently. People need belts, shoes, hats, etc.

 

[DonDiego]

Naah...just exterminate 'em permanently. People need belts, shoes, hats, etc.

They're all over the place on the SC coast where I live. Not a lot of fun. You'd think they would stick to fresh or brackish water, but they get into salt water too.

 

[robow]

Exactly.. they are not a native species and would wreak havoc on the ecosystems and biomes and whatnot

We have quite a few here in Texas. Govenor Abbot just loads them on a bus and sends to New York city or Chicago.

 

[feathersax]

We have quite a few here in Texas. Govenor Abbot just loads them on a bus and sends to New York city or Chicago.

Love it.

 

[Gandalf]

This is the go to response we should have to any gator

 

[OrangeTsar]

This is the go to response we should have to any gator

With a genuine Lodge Cast Iron skillet from South Pittsburg Tennessee of course

 

[temptn]

TWRA should trap any Gator's and send them back where they came from.

Wrong, shot on sight.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Wrong, shot on sight.

Harnessed for Transport

 

[volmanbill]

If he was stirring up trouble , he would an insti-gator

Might need a liti-gator.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Exactly.. they are not a native species and would wreak havoc on the ecosystems and biomes and whatnot

If their spread is natural and not man introducing them it is natural.

 

[tbh]

Might need a liti-gator.

If you're sending them back, surely a navi-gator will be needed.

 

[Special Ed]

Just be glad we don't have a mole:

 

[LadyVolette]

If their spread is natural and not man introducing them it is natural.

Okay if you say so lol.. I’m in healthcare not environmental sciences lol.. it just doesn’t seem right to me as a layperson

 

[OrangeTsar]

If their spread is natural and not man introducing them it is natural.

Unless you wished to argue that man made climate change enables the gators to survive the now milder winters further North than their original range