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Albino gator.

simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
I was just watching a show similar to the one that crazy crocodile hunter guy has. The host went to a zoo or something in New Orleans where they have an eight foot albino gator (while there he fed it). Very COOL. He said you can't find 'em in the wild that big 'cause, naturally, they stand out when young for predators, and if they make it past the predators, they stand out to their prey.Next, the guy goes into the LA swamp, picks up a live cottonmouth and plays around with it.Then the guy finds a possum playing dead, and picks it up. Can you say RABIES.Finally, he pulls up a huge alligator turtle (snapping turtle)out of the water. Biggest one I've ever seen, big enough to take off a whole hand. The turtle is probable 150 years old (it was alive during the Civil War). This guy rocks, wish I could remember his name. Hey 218, he probably likes sail cats, maybe you two could have a BBQ. hehehe.
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That albino alligator was on display at the Toledo Zoo recently and it was quite a hit. And they did emphasize that it stood no chance of survival in the wild because of its "eat me first" color. Well worth it for the kids. Beach
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  • hackerhacker Member Posts: 162 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "the crocodile hunter" is steve irwin. he runs a zoo for reptiles in australia. albino animals dont survive in the wild. not only are they easy pickings for predators or too loud to hunt if they predatory themselves, but they usually have very poor eyesight as well as this is part of the albino condition.[This message has been edited by hacker (edited 09-20-2001).]
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  • Mark IIMark II Member Posts: 247 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That other guy might have been Jeff Corwin. He does dumb stuff like that, and is nowhere near as cool as the Crocodile Hunter.
    "To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet an enemy."
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you talking about a guy with a red beard you are refering to O'shea.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Possums rarely have rabies. Dept. of Health in Texas says there has never been a reported case among possums. And we have lots of them.I watched a handler at Gatorland Zoo tempting a large Saltwater Crocodile out of its pond. I never saw anything move so fast.One second, there was just brown water, then the next second, BAM!!! the critter was on the bank running full steam at the handler. The handler fended it off with a short stick.Credit to the handler though. He ran just as fast backward as the croc did forward.
    Certified SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Egotistical Rogue, Evil, Dangerous Racist Moderator of the General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Email davidnunn@texoma.net Jesus is Lord!
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Possums are no sweat, people handle them all the time. Just pick 'em up by the tail and they're all yours. When you get that close though, you'll discover the truly dangerous thing about them. Those little carrion eaters have a breath that'll just about take you to your knees.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    simonbs,You must be talking about a guy named Manny,he has long strait hair,a mustache and no beard.My wife saw him on tv once and told me about him,I finally did.I know gators pretty good and dont mind playin with em,but them cottonmouths are nasty.Gator turtles are scarry too.Brian,me and you is gunna hafta wrastle us a 7 footer ,shane said he`d hold the spotlight and the camcorder.Rem,well he`s gunna be the look out for the lawman, and the 12 footers that could be attracted by us trashin around in the water with the littl`uns.He`ll have ta make up a story for the law man like,one of us was rescuin` the other. I dont know what his explanation would be for bein` out in the middle of the Everglades in a smokin` jacket.
    Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?[This message has been edited by 218Beekeep (edited 09-20-2001).][This message has been edited by 218Beekeep (edited 09-20-2001).]
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  • shaneshane Member Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll tell the lawman that we were just out trying to net some butterflys and that gator came out of nowhere and grabed Brians net. That pissed Brian off, so he grabs the gator be the neck trying to get his net back and gets his arm stuck in the net.At that point 218 our very own gator tamer had to go in to save Brian. If he asks where the net is I'll say the gator must have ate it. Now as for the smoking jacket I'd tell the lawman that I always travel in style. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!!!
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  • Mark IIMark II Member Posts: 247 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nunn- I agree with you. Those reptiles (gators and crocs) can move quite fast. I was at Irwins zoo, just outside of Brisbane, and I saw them do the feeding demonstration. Those animals are FAST. Makes me feel good to have my Glock handy when I go out near the water.
    "To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet an enemy."[This message has been edited by Mark II (edited 09-20-2001).]
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beekeep, is gator wrestling sort of like WWF? Lots of showmanship, flash, splash, growling and snarling, with a skimpy bikini clad assistant holding your (smokin' jacket)robe? Is the outcome known in advance like WWF? I can see it now....Vince McMann introducing "Old Nasty nine footer" the meanest croc in Flarda -vs- 218Beekeeper (dressed in the burgundy silk smokin' jacket, sippn' cognac and blowing smoke rings from his big Cuban cigar).
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  • dsr611dsr611 Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:That other guy might have been Jeff Corwin. Yea, it was Corwin. If you ask me though, all of these guys are CRAZY!!! quote:simonbs,You must be talking about a guy named Manny,he has long strait hair,a mustache and no beard.I saw Manny's show one time when him, some hot chick, and another guy were snorkeling and looking for alligators under the water! The camera pans around and there is this gator looking right in the camera lens!!!
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    You guys have outdone yourselves this time!!!Rem.,Your finest portrait to date!!!!shane I`ve already used a similar story,you better think up another one.Maybe I could start my own croc hunter show,shane can be the camaraman,ol brian can be my assistant who go`s in first and kinda wears em down for me before the cameras roll.Rem ,you get the cushy`est job of all,director,complete with smokin jacket,fine cigar,one of those huge brandy snifters or whatever you call them,and of course one of those little director hats.Oh yeah,Rem ,you get to say"lights camera action".........and "cut",when things get a little out of hand.
    Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?[This message has been edited by 218Beekeep (edited 09-20-2001).][This message has been edited by 218Beekeep (edited 09-20-2001).]
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The bell rings to start the first round, "Nasty Nine Footer" lurches toward Beekeeper...218 quickly side steps the massive jaws of death....suddenly Beekeep pulls a live chicken from under his smokin' jacket and flings it high above the gator's head as a diversionary move..."Nasty Nine Footer" goes for the chicken while beekeep sweeps around grabbing the slimy gators thrashing tail....Beekeep's half Nelson on the gator is punishing....the stunned crowd can only see chicken feathers, splashing water, and rings of cigar smoke rising from the turmoil.....then the bell rings.....round two coming up.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Rem.,I don`t know what ta say,your better than Miss Cleo!!!That is precisely the way I would start the match!!!
    Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As round 2 starts. A nice looking woman carries the 2nd round sign around to beekeeps corner, stops & whispers something in 218 ear. He stands up and says Hell Yeah Baby and starts a Chuck Berry duck towards the gator..............................(help me out here Rem.)
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beekeep takes a folding chair and crashes in down over the jaws of death....grabs the gator by the tail, swinging the massive creature....each revolution generates greater momentum....the sight resembles a giant whirling lawn sprinkler. The centrifical forces bearing down on the gator begin to separate him from his hide....suddenly the gator slips out of his skin, butt naked, and flies into the ring's corner post....knocked unconscious. 218 triumphly holds the gator skin above his head as the crowd cheers. Beekeep's scantily clad asssistant comes to his aide with a large brandy sniffer of cognac....now holding the gator hide with one hand and sipping refreshment with the other. The spectators rush to Beekeep's side to savor the triumpful moment....
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt,if life could only be so exciting,my dear friend.You have painted the portrait of how life was meant to be for ol`.218,you have discovered the very essence of .218
    Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beekeep, a little imagination can be a dangerous thing,......but it sure is fun. Remember that dime novelists in the 1800's embellished the life and times of Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill Cody....so much so that the stories became the reality and fact.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Rem, I am convinced that it is that way with almost all historical figures.What gets me is how these historians on tv will say stuff about some figure from 300 years ago as if they knew them personally.As you were saying about Cody&Hickock,I`ve heard Davey Crockit(?)wrote his own dime novels.There`s only one problem with my info,got it from TV.They say life is what you make it,I am convinced the same can be said about history. If ever I heard a legend in the making ,it is that fellow in the smoking jacket,the way you have presented him.What a confident fellow he is!!!.In the midst of turmoil,he is still blowing smoke rings.
    Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    218, I got your back, I'm that little speck wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy up there in that cypress tree with the M1.Hey, I'll help ya' wrestle that gator - if we can have sail cats for supper?
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Almost a year ago....cool

    .218
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  • hillbillyhippiechichillbillyhippiechic Member Posts: 97 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt needs to write a series 'bout you, Beekeep.

    Is there an artist around here? If there is, he can illustrate. What could I do? I'm really becoming interested in these Smoking Jacket events!

    PEACE..., through superior firepower.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually, despite what the Telly Experts say, albino or otherwise pigmentally challenged reptiles survive in the wild to maturity fairly often. Possibly because many are secretive and/or nocturnal. those albino gators are not that uncommon, just rediculously priced a number were offered for sale several years ago, and the Audubon Park zoo in NA bought 4 or 5. Now they rent them for a few months to other zoos.

    A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand

    Edited by - He Dog on 08/07/2002 14:31:58
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ....BeeKeep, I still picture you as a classy WWF Gator Wrestler......
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt,A couple of the guys I work with
    say I look like one of THE BUSHWACKERS

    I think they are refering to the good
    looking one.

    .218
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  • BoomerangBoomerang Member Posts: 4,513
    edited November -1
    218 - I emailed you a photo of a Alabama Gator, I think it was 24 or 28 ft long. The email came back undeliverable. Let me know what your email adde is and I will resend it. Got any of them bees left.

    Boomer

    "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as it is by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hey Boom,my E-mail is all messed up again,
    will get it straightened up soon.

    You sure that wasn`t a dream..or nightmare?(13ft is a monster)

    Haven`t even had time to let my bees fly lately.

    Thanks again for securing those bee for me,
    it was a very kind thing for someone to do.

    .218


    Did sombody say somethin` about bees?
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Boomerang, I would sure like to see that picture. The record for an American alligator is 19 feet 2 inches, and that was in the 19th century. Beekeeper is right (he usually is) that a 13 footer is a monster these days. At 24 to 28 feet, this would be the largest crocodilian currently known, and likely would be a saltwater crocodile.

    A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
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  • BoomerangBoomerang Member Posts: 4,513
    edited November -1
    Yep, you guys are right, it is not 24 to 28 feet long. I had just repeated what was is in the original e-mail to me. I looked at the picture again and it appears to be about "only" 20 or so feet, but man it is one big gator. Send me your email adde's and I will send you a picture of it. This thing really needs to be posted. I would hate to run into something like this at a construction siteor in my back yard. Glad I live in too cold of a climate for this monster.

    Boomer

    "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as it is by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."
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  • .280 freak.280 freak Member Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [Image]http://gallery.alloutdoorschat.com/guncrazy/Gator1.jpg[/IMAGE]

    Dang, picture didn't show up. Click on the link and it should show up.



    Edited by - .280 freak on 08/08/2002 12:30:00
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yup that is a big gator, probably 16 or 17 feet if the photo is not doctored. The photo has been around a little while.

    A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    He dog,my thoughts exactly on the length
    of the one in .280`s post.

    My dad killed more gators than anybody..ever!

    He killed one once,skinned it on my grandmothers
    back porch,the porch deck(floor) was 12 ft planks,
    running long ways.The gator`s snout was at one end,
    and the tail hung about 2 ft off the other end of.

    Most of his gators were killed by a 25-20,later
    the same rifle was rechambered and bored to 32-20.

    .218
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