(1) I look at the maps and consider the Mississippi in terms of one of its most enduring symbols, the alligator - a gator so huge and old and with such a dangerous tail that she's been put in a cage.(2) Participating farmers are required to return 14 percent of their gators that are 4 feet or longer back to the wild.(3) I might have been tempted to write it off as one of those Florida aberrations, like gators sunning themselves along Interstate Hwy 4.(4) At 3: 45 a.m., the airboaters were rescued, along with the two gators they had bagged.(5) And when you're ready to leave dry ground behind, take a boat tour of the picturesque Atchafalaya River Basin to encounter gators , birds, and the vast beauty of the swamp.(6) And that spells good news for gators , which can't survive in areas of extremely poor water quality, according to studies done by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.(7) In repeated tests, other gators also responded the same way, lunging or at least turning their heads toward disturbances in the water - but only when their stubble of domes was lying along the plane of the water's surface.(8) An alligator bite provoked by the bite bar, they say, is sort of like the reflex that occurs when a doctor taps a patient's knee with a special hammer; the bite response is the same in gators regardless of location.(9) Hikers will enjoy several Alabama wildlife areas where they can gaze at gators and shorebirds.(10) Since the domes lie along the surface of the water when crocs and gators are in their hunting posture, he wondered whether they might play some role in the animals' snappy reflexes.(11) You have coon hunts, gators snoozing in the middle of the town square (the townsfolk politely step around him so as not to disrupt his nap), and drunken brawls at town socials.(12) Hike through wildlife refuge areas, gaze at gators , or add to your bird watching life list.(13) And we handle alligator, large gators , crocodiles every day, catching them, moving them, doing things with them.(14) Once I was surrounded, the gators started to grin, and I mean grin, and showed me their razor-sharp teeth that were filed down to points (and could probably unhinge their jaws as well).(15) Its only natural predator is the alligator but the gators are full.(16) One displaced family wrote a book and they hope that their simple story of a New Orleans cat, squirrel and a few gators will help kids communicate about the storm.
