An alligator in NY at this time of year is not going to be happy. Workers stunned as 4-foot alligator is hauled from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake. Note: That's a picture of an unrelated alligator I had hanging around.
It's actually a bit early in the year for alligator stories. In a couple of months the stories of alligators in the swimming pool, at the shopping mall, or wherever will be all over the place as spring turns a young gator's thoughts to love.
A lethargic, possibly cold-shocked 4-foot-long alligator was hauled from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake early Sunday near an area popular with kiddies, officials and passers-by said.
New Yorkers were shocked of course, and there are more than few statements by people. To be fair, I wouldn't have expected to see an alligator that far north.
And despite what Miami Vice suggested, gators don't make good pets.
Meghan Lalor, a rep for the Parks Department, said the reptile was likely an unwanted pet whose owner decided to release it in public waters.
Hat tip to Fritz at Twitter, who notes:
For you northerners, that's a pretty small gator, ...
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