The Conservative Cave

Interests => All Things Edible (and how to prepare them) => Topic started by: mrclose on June 03, 2016, 08:16:30 PM

Title: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: mrclose on June 03, 2016, 08:16:30 PM
Lots of Gator Tail there!  :lmao:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXn1g0xtUMk
Title: Re: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: Dblhaul on December 28, 2016, 10:01:08 PM
tastes just like chicken!
Title: Re: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: Linda on December 29, 2016, 10:02:35 AM
Actually it tastes better than chicken....cut it into bite size pieces wrap it in bacon and throw it on the grill.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


Every now and then one will walk through our yard, trip and break a leg, my husband feels so sorry for them he has to put them out of their misery.
Title: Re: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: mrclose on December 29, 2016, 07:26:20 PM
Born and raised in South Florida.
Ate grilled gator tail ... once!

Nasty!
Tasted like swamp-water!

Maybe it's the cook?
I don't know, the guy was a Seminole and if there is one thing the Seminoles know .. it's Gators! 
Title: Re: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: Gamle-ged on December 29, 2016, 09:30:26 PM
Speaking of crocodilians, Southern Florida is the only state where both alligators and crocodiles co-locate in nature. Thanks to escapes and other introductions, we now also have thriving groups of caimans since 1960 or so. And there is a small possibility that escaped Nile crocodiles may be biding their time in the Everglades...
Title: Re: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: mrclose on December 29, 2016, 11:10:27 PM
Speaking of crocodilians, Southern Florida is the only state where both alligators and crocodiles co-locate in nature. Thanks to escapes and other introductions, we now also have thriving groups of caimans since 1960 or so. And there is a small possibility that escaped Nile crocodiles may be biding their time in the Everglades...

Saw one at the beach, in the ocean once.
(croc)
Title: Re: Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
Post by: Gamle-ged on December 30, 2016, 10:01:14 AM
Saw one at the beach, in the ocean once.
(croc)

Crocodiles have functional "salt glands" that can exude excess salt. Crocs have been found dozens of miles out in the Gulf. Alligators' glands are not functional, but they can traverse short distances in salt water between freshwaters. A couple of years ago, fishermen caught and trussed - up an alligator on Venice Beach near the Venice Inlet...