It's not the gator you can see that you need to worry about, it's the one that you cannot see.

@arielramos5166

Жыл бұрын

Lurking under the water to grab you in

@catherineboyd1539

Жыл бұрын

Yes! seems to me every year some bonehead will go waterskiing in a canal and get some body part chomped.

@andrewbeard8323

Жыл бұрын

You should probably avoid both of those gators.

@jamesappling1212

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Florida's Other big reptiles, Crocodiles, Boas, And Politicians!

@catherineboyd1539

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesappling1212 🤣🤣

Alligator: "I've been here longer than humans and finally getting back my crib!"

@marcoscordoba7123

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are the real owners

I mean, there is always an alligator in the water. I grew up in SW FL and we just assumed all water had a gator in it all of the time, even a deep ditch.

@Gurrla

Жыл бұрын

I think the point they’re highlighting is that the water has come out of its usual boundaries and with it, its fauna.. swimming in flooded sites

@scott7385

Жыл бұрын

My mother lives east of I-75 in Bonita Springs. She's had an alligator on her driveway. We sit on the lanai and see them floating in the lake. We always tell the kids to just stay away from water and avoid them if you see them.

@janetpattison8474

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. If there’s water, there’s probably a gator hiding in the water or the grass. They are everywhere!

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

That's crazy!!! I can't imagine having them all over the place!! I'm in Arizona, I've never seen a gator but that has to be constantly unnerving having a reptile so close that would love to eat you.

@wannacashmeoutside

Жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 don’t you have scorpion problems? (Arachnids not reptile but still threatening)

People forget that Florida is a giant swamp.

@jboss729

Жыл бұрын

So is Louisiana.

@daisey234

Жыл бұрын

Relax sometimes it’s better to remain silent and thought a fool rather than opening one’s mouth and removing all doubt !

@NeroLeMorte

Жыл бұрын

@@daisey234 yeah and sometimes it's better not to be a gullible ignorant person like the rest of them.

@lawtonsfinest8622

Жыл бұрын

Why you want to move to a giant swamp? It don't make no sense.

@MJ2A

Жыл бұрын

@@lawtonsfinest8622 Shrek?

Love how those two birds were just like “Nope…”

@pamelameckley5040

Жыл бұрын

The gator was watching them too. I liked the one waiting on the other to catch up. "C'mon, Martha, hurry up, Al's on the hunt again!"

@juanvaldez7279

Жыл бұрын

Ducks

@searfina4780

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

Gator's probably full of tasty, tender, pink retirees that floated by the past few weeks like a Mr Softie Ice Cream truck. What if a gator, eating a retiree, swallows their pace maker? Will that harm the gator?

Prayers for Orlando and other counties etc.

@martinschmidt1652

Жыл бұрын

Stop praying, start acting

@stagg2158

Жыл бұрын

I never knew that Orlando floods like that...so glad that I didn't bother to move there...

@dianamramos3481

Жыл бұрын

@@stagg2158 I live in Orlando East (Waterford Lakes) and we're blessed because we didn't have any flooding, power loss or any other problem...not even a tiny damage in our property. Today Friday, we went to a McDonald's near home and the drive thru was working as usual.

@veteransforequality7347

Жыл бұрын

Orlando didn't get nothing compared to Fort myers area

@michaela7100

Жыл бұрын

@@martinschmidt1652 Doesn't even know who she's praying too

I'm from Miami, Fl and went through Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Now, I live in Orlando and just went through Hurricane Ian. I'll tell you this, the "anxiety" of knowing that hurricanes can bring tornadoes, atmospheric pressure, debris, unwanted species, and massive flooding is unsettling for hours on end.

@michaela7100

Жыл бұрын

God is angry with these states for your anti-abortion bills

@doctorwilliams787

Жыл бұрын

@@michaela7100 God is angry at your presumptuous and overzealous attitude concerning discrimination! In fact, if you had any respect for "God," in Acts 4:23, it refers to his "Sovereignty," which is not based on your imagination or thought, but his divine power to do whatever he wants, including the termination of your "existence." 🤯👹☠ "Do not be deceived. God is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, he shall also reap." Galatians 6:7

@user-jy9gb5pi1t

Жыл бұрын

@Doctor Williams God bless you! Praying you and your loved ones are safe

@amberdyet8059

Жыл бұрын

This is an act of god. Just for an example. While we have a great example of it right here & now.

@doctorwilliams787

Жыл бұрын

@@amberdyet8059 I need you to "justify" that it's an "Act of God," and not based on anecdotal statements!

Floridians see this and think yea ok…this is Florida. There are a lot of gators here. I had a gator in my backyard during Hurricane Frances, and have had gators hang out in my backyard many times when there isn’t a storm. They venture up our boat ramp and sun bathe. It’s really not all that shocking to us. You know they’re out there even if you can’t see them, and you just stay away from them or avoid them if you see one. The rule of thumb for most Floridians, see any body of water, even flood water, there could be a gator hiding.

People should be reminded of alligators and even sharks closer to the coastline.

Crazy, imagine your town flooding and on top of your house and all belongings getting flooded you have alligators and sharks swimming around

That alligator probably is having fun like wow so this what it feels like

@roselande9841

Жыл бұрын

The gator says to himself.Well in normal they would had brought a whole squad to get me out.But now they don't seem to care.

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the gators feel like this is an alien abduction.

In 2011 I saw a small gator swimming down upper Rutledge Avenue in Charleston after a tropical storm passed thru, probably two feet of standing water. It's like shark-nado, but gator-cane 😬

@blackjed

Жыл бұрын

I like that name!

@jdo5748

Жыл бұрын

@@blackjed So do I... 😄

Don’t forget about the water moccasins !!😱

@pamelameckley5040

Жыл бұрын

One of them chased my co-worker after the flood of either '98 or '04. Cleaned up after both, can't remember which one. I don't know if they will come out of the water to get a person or not but she wasn't taking any chances.

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

Shhhhhhhh...

Every lake in Florida has gators. The storms pick them up as babies an flings them through the air to other places. Back in the 70s they were everywhere. Driving down roads cars would come to a stop or slow down because of gators crossing the roads from one canal to another. Daily life. Snapping turtles were everywhere too. As an adult today, nearly 60, I’d be sketched out to swim in the lakes, but back then that’s where we played without thinking. Yes, we’d freak out if something touched our legs and we’d run almost on top of the water but then be right back in. Remember fish would bite freckles and moles, boobies too on us boys. Guess they thought they were bugs or something. Stupid fish. Ah… the good ol days.

@pamelatimmins1055

Жыл бұрын

Yikes!!!

@elenadozier9969

Жыл бұрын

Alligators were an endangered species in the 70's. See so many more today

@DARWINZOO

Жыл бұрын

I'll keep my brown recluse in Massachusetts...wait..

@christopherlane5238

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the winds dont "fling" them, and instead they just swim through the flood waters?

@pamelatimmins1055

Жыл бұрын

@@DARWINZOO yeah no. I got bit by a brown recluse many years ago, I was deathly ill. A woman in my state got bit fifteen times by a brown recluse she was hospitalized. They are in my state too. I avoid them if I can. But unlike an alligator they don't eat you or drown you then eat you like alligators do.

Forget the alligator. Those ducks in the background are HUGE.

@pattersonellen

Жыл бұрын

Exactly i thought they were giant swans. Have they escaped from a zoo or something?

@binkwillans5138

Жыл бұрын

@@pattersonellen No, they're giant man-eating ducks. They rode in on the storm.

“Appears to be an alligator” dude lol 😂😂😂

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

an alleged alligator, postally.

What sad is all street animals that died that couldn't be helped.

@UC_DeathRay

Жыл бұрын

87 people dead and your talking about stray animals?

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

Many street animals survived using drown retirees as a flotation devise. I'm glad they watched the video on emergency events.

I live on The Villages in central Florida not that close to any pond and the 2nd day we moved into our new home a 5ft gator was by the bushes in our front yard which we originally thought was a trash bag. Gators can be found pretty much anywhere in Florida and those who live in Florida must be cautious of them and other native critters. Last week out riding on a pretty busy golf cart path a cotton mouth rattle snake crossed the path just ahead of us and rearrf up as we passed it with mouth wide open then headed off into the preserve. That freaked me out more than the gator. But I chose to live in Florida so have to get familiar with and respectful of the wildlife here as it is their home too.

@brandonjones8392

Жыл бұрын

I work for Massey in the Villages I see gators everyday

@ggpis3005

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way; respect the wildlife. If the snake opened its mouth at you it was most likely a cotton mouth (water mocassin) no such thing as a cotton mouth rattlesnake. But there are rattlesnakes here in florida.

@nightengale2123

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonjones8392 Small world. We live in the Levi & Boaz villas in St.Johns at the intersection of Meggison and Warm Springs.

That's just DeSantis, taking a dip.

@trumplibraryrumble4

Жыл бұрын

liberals are the nazis of today

@tomthumb2815

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was Joe showering with his daughter Ashley

@katybassett8549

Жыл бұрын

Funny..but don't insult the alligator...

@madison-Roccoa-Mason-drake

Жыл бұрын

@@tomthumb2815 no it's Trump with Stormy Daniels and his declassified documents.

@farid7838

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Except that alligators don't eat their own...

I left Orlando by airplane just 4 days before this Hurricane Ian Florida. Just like in 2021 I left New Orleans by airplane 4 days before Hurricane Ida struck that city. I hope those affected recover, but that's why I'm never relocating to Florida as much as I love its year-round warm weather.

Scary, alligators are everywhere in Florida and South Carolina. It wouldn't matter alligators also go on land. Stay safe you all, stay out of the water.

@mikebrigs1218

Жыл бұрын

ITS CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

@8arrows

Жыл бұрын

They also have them in North East Texas. Like the Beaumont area. When I saw one crossing the highway, while driving through there. I was shocked. Not a small one either. A huge fugging gator

@David-bg3ct

Жыл бұрын

Alligators are hardly ever seen in Florida.

@pamelatimmins1055

Жыл бұрын

@@David-bg3ct yeah, right!!! That's why you hear about attacks near water all the time. Not buying what your selling.

@pattersonellen

Жыл бұрын

@@mikebrigs1218 Trump 2017. 'Climate change is a democrat hoax.' Whats Mother Nature's reply while he hunkers down in his billionaire bunker. To be sure he has some bunkers while you take the fall.

Alligator is like: “Yes, this is easier to migrate but I’m lost and hungry.”

Couple of Ducks slowly creeping away in the background, see yah... 😂🌊

@thee_morpheus

Жыл бұрын

They like, 'naah we good fam'

Somebody give that alligator Ron DeSantis's address.

@christiandemarco4699

Жыл бұрын

Why?

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

Alligators and Hurricanes in Florida !!??... It's Global warming !!

He has seen his share of hurricanes , and knows eating will be good for the next few weeks at least.

Looks like DeSantis looking for Legal Immigrants. 😂

@jojodaniel214

Жыл бұрын

I know wonderful Americans in need of help.

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

He found one and married her.... Her family indeed followed the laws and procedures to become citizens.

Lo that gator is chill AF. Also terrifying.

In Fort Myers sharks were swimming in the streets. No surprise, that's theirs home.

@catherineboyd1539

Жыл бұрын

No it isn't. The ocean is their home. The ocean moved temporarily that's all.

They go where the waters flow...

The slow children playing sign made him think it was a good place to pick up lunch.

@bobcourtier4674

Жыл бұрын

Nice one, keep-em coming.

Poor animals 😔 they are just as displaced as the humans....

@marymcreynolds9171

Жыл бұрын

I do not feel sorry for alligators. These are dangerous creatures.

@tracianderson8384

Жыл бұрын

@@marymcreynolds9171 they are gods creatures

Florida canals are full of alligators and they are often on golf courses as well. Alligators in the water isn't particularly unusual.

@bellaraio5783

Жыл бұрын

This isn’t a canal. That’s what makes it unusual. And dangerous.

@catherineboyd1539

Жыл бұрын

@@bellaraio5783 if you live in Florida you are well aware of alligators and honestly this is no surprise. Alligators -unless they are babies - are always dangerous.

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and they also use the sewer network to get around until they find a pond near a recent arrivals house where they can fatten up.

Florida surely can use, that 12 million right now.

This has been on my mind through all of this.

Alligator 🐊 in water and sharks other places or some. To scary.

When living in Florida gators are not forgotten. Growing up there you get used to them & your taught what to do around them. Even Swimming with them is not unheard of. I used to go fishing for baby gators as a child using hot dogs

@catherineboyd1539

Жыл бұрын

They like marshmallows too.

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

@@catherineboyd1539 I remember that from True Blood, is it true?

Oh thank God....I thought it was Desantis in a thong!

@aliciamaxwell1524

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@tkmccoywv

Жыл бұрын

Dammit, David! Now I need some brain bleach to scour that image out of my head.

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

.. and even then, he would be running a state more efficiently than the fakes that are too busy with ruling society to run a country.

Be safe everyone

I was in Florida for a vacation and didn't trust a puddle let alone this!

Once Mother Nature takes over even if it is temporary, stay out of the water. Predators have a fear of lights, cars, etc. Now that it has flooded and the majority of people have left, it is their world. Alligators, bears, snakes, bobcats, and even the animals that escaped enclosures.

@DavidLS1

Жыл бұрын

And ducks. 🦆🦆🦆

@k.ferguson2982

Жыл бұрын

I used to like ducks, til they started bringing me down. 🙄

@DavidLS1

Жыл бұрын

@@k.ferguson2982 lol, you quack me up.

@k.ferguson2982

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidLS1 I'll send ya the bill. 🫣

I've encountered lots of gators in the wild, and they almost invariably very shy and try to avoid humans.

@pamelameckley5040

Жыл бұрын

When hunger overpowers fear though, watch out.

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

Truth

Snakes, Fire Ants, Gators, Sharks, Jellyfish & Man-o-Wars.. oh my!

@lkuypers3680

Жыл бұрын

And don’t forget all the varieties of roaches/palmetto bugs! Ugh

@HeyMJ.

Жыл бұрын

@@lkuypers3680 And spiders in search of new homes… and sewage.. a big pond-o-yuk! 😱 ☠️😬

The gator is native. The humans are not. Please don't sign his/her death warrant for being displaced, likely frightened.

They're everywhere in Florida nothing news

Rumor has it that they gator declined the interview.

Nature jus dropped a dlc level expansion for gators. Whole new area unlocked. Bout to see a bunch a Gators leveling up.

OMG, this is scary and awesome at the same time. I love alligators...from a distance.

Don't forget all the poisonous snakes that have been released into the swamps years ago... And then besides alligators and snakes indigenous and invasive you also have Egyptian Nile Monoters... They are very aggressive as well.

@joenunez938

Жыл бұрын

Oh stfu. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. "Poisonous snakes", hah.

@scott7385

Жыл бұрын

Did you see the video of the one trying to get into someone's house?

@marianlincoln9008

Жыл бұрын

No I didn't see that video... Where can it be seen... Was it a snake or an alligator... I feel for these people... Unfortunately this is a major wake up call for all those GLOBAL WARMING deniers... And until we can start reversing the damage we all have done... It's only going to get worse... 1 extremely small good point .. With all the water seeping back into the ground .. No more sink holes until the ground gets sucked dry BY the over use of natural resources again.

This is why you evacuate and keep your pets out of the water.

DuhSantis's response will be passing a "Don't Say Hurricane" bill. 😏

@mikebrigs1218

Жыл бұрын

THATS DEMOCRATS. VOTE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEVER EVER SEE A HURRICANE AGAIN. UNTIL NEXT YEAR DURING HURRICANE SEASON. NEXT!!

@davebrown4841

Жыл бұрын

I guess that you can't read. DeSantis voted against the Hurricane Sandy aid because of the PORK IN THE AID.

@madison-Roccoa-Mason-drake

Жыл бұрын

@@mikebrigs1218 TRUMP LOST

@tarablanco6189

Жыл бұрын

lol probably

@pattersonellen

Жыл бұрын

Trump 2017. 'Climate change is a democrat hoax.' Whats Mother Nature's reply while he hunkers down in his billionaire bunker. To be sure he has some bunkers while you take the fall.

At least he’s going slow. 😂😂

Don't forget the giant anacondas and other monster snakes, I bet the storm blew them all over the place.

@mma1st105

Жыл бұрын

I doubt any anacondas got blown into Florida but wtf do I know?

@niknatpattywack4293

Жыл бұрын

No anacondas… Please

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

I knew a black male stripper going by the name, "Anaconda."

@mma1st105

Жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 I used to go by Bdub for BWW The big white wang.

They are in most standing water in Florida

I was just looking at homes in Orlando a few weeks ago thinking it'd be safe... wow

People are saying buena ventura lakes looks like the spongebob island

I'm in the Orlando metro area it's really bad in certain neighborhoods where the drain system is very poor draining when it pours. Most alligators live in small ponds and lakes. People have to be extremely careful right now. This reminds me off Hurricane Charley

That is scary !

I love how the ducks in the background show how freaking small this gator is 😄

Jessie I miss you on ABC 7 Chicago. Great reporting on the horrific, devastating events in FL.

Gator is like, “What? This is Standard Operating Procedure”

The gator is like cool new map unlocked

Name a type of pet with three letters. You said, A L L I G A T O R...

Looks like a nice size for some gator boots, pumps👠, purse, large handbag, 2 jackets and a hat.

Alligators, March on Mar A Lago!!

First of all, am sorry for what happened. I live in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia 🇮🇩. In this place we don't have crocs an Gators roaming around, but we have Cobras. They hissed, Spat, strikes, and tries to grab cats, and other small creatures. Anti venom is hard to get, if there's available, it's expensive and inadequate.

It's like that movie Crawl.

The animals are ENJOYING themselves.They are like:" WOW is this our new home?"We're loving it"

Send trump there to throw people rolls of paper towels

@christopherlane5238

Жыл бұрын

Not sure he could afford paper towels at this point. Oh yeah, what am I thinking. He would just steal some to throw.

@christopherwilliams7905

Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@GbawlZ

Жыл бұрын

At least he would have come down to see the devastation firsthand and interact with the victims.

@alfrede.newman6626

Жыл бұрын

@@GbawlZ Joe did say he was coming down when that report of hundreds of corpses floating around was news... turns out it was false and he would have made a bigger fool out of himself.. if thats even possible.

You people in Florida knew exactly what you signed up for

Can't even imagine.. Alligators, Snakes, Iguanas, Snakes, Snakes and Snakes.. 😳😳😳

In FL, seeing an alligator on the street is not uncommon

Reminds me of Crawl and The Flood two of my favorite Alligator movies.

How big were those birds that swam by while showing the Alligator.

@bootsierobicheaux7124

Жыл бұрын

Lmao!!!! Duck size.

Hurricane ian hits. Crocodiles: it's free real estate.

He's living his best life

Well looking at the size of the birds in the background, the alligator is the size of a nut or the birds are dinosaurs

‘Children Playing’-“Aaaah 🤔 not right now 🙄😬🫤.” 🐊

Alligators instinct kicking in when the waters get high. It senses coming upon something tasty in the water.

It's at times like this I'm glad I live in the East Midlands.

Are they going to give that Gatorade?

Hey, alligators, need vacations too.

Perfect Storm!!

I was waiting for that.

That’s extremely scary to know vicious animals hanging out in front of homes.

Those birds in the background 🤣

@DavidLS1

Жыл бұрын

We have a lot of wading birds here in Florida. Egrets, herons, etc.

@countdebleauchamp

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidLS1 Yes, have been a frequent visitor to your state, especially the panhandle, since the early 60's; and even lived along 30a for a short while in 2014. My grandmother lived in Pointe Vedra and then Jacksonville beach, both of which we visited often. Beautiful state.

I guarantee that is most definitely an alligator. I 2nd the motion to call it an alligator and as long as I am having fun playing chairperson of the board meeting I will end the meeting with the motion carrying & now the meeting is adjourned. LoL! 😆😂🤣

Looking for an open 7-11 that has bags of ice I imagine. Tough to be out of electricity for days.

What happened at Gatorland? That must have been a nightmare 😳

@DavidLS1

Жыл бұрын

Gatorland is a nightmare during nice weather.

@myrnab2022

Жыл бұрын

I went to Gatorland once when visiting from California. So cool.

@DLBMOS

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidLS1 It was traumatising.

@DavidLS1

Жыл бұрын

@@DLBMOS I've never gone and never will. A few years ago there was a video of a man holding his infant son out over the gators.

Is that gator 6" long? The ducks in the background look bigger than it. LOL!

Welcome to America where storms and crockodiles reign supreme

Where in Orlando is this???… what street👀👀

Headed to Publix for the chicken

@countdebleauchamp

Жыл бұрын

And the pimento cheese spread

Cruising for food….

Not a Gator, that's a Crock! 😀

@AerialPhotogGuy

Жыл бұрын

@Doug Kenney Thanks for the laugh!! 🤣

Signs saying that nature is taking over

I wonder where this is, because I live in Orlando and have not seen any flooding. I’ve even driven all through the city 40 minutes away to work and have seen nothing. But, yes… you always assume there are gators in any fresh body of water. We have two small ponds in our neighborhood, and you can sometimes spot them.

Hey, Gators gotta swim. Thoughts and prayers for those in Florida who are in need.

@pub652

Жыл бұрын

Praying is pretending to do something without doing anything...

Just like in that movie that came out .... Wow

The ducks in back ARE HUGE

Not a problem