Alligator Attack - Defense Fundamentals

[plot]

Dive in a large group, and try to stay in the middle.

 

[james croft]

Rub their belly and put them to sleep.
Carry a real knife, not a broken Betty Crocker special or EMT scissors.
Skin them out and make some nice dive booties and weight belt out of the hide.

 

[Midnight Star]

Do alligators really like, given the fact they're reptiles, swimming in water that runs between 65-68 degrees? It seems like they'd pick warmer waters instead of fresh water springs.

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Mike.

 

[ShallowDiverDave]

Rub their belly and put them to sleep.
Carry a real knife, not a broken Betty Crocker special or EMT scissors.
Skin them out and make some nice dive booties and weight belt out of the hide.

that's awesome!

 

[Cacia]

hmmm... well they lie in the sun between deep dive for meals.

Since they are reptiles...they are cold blooded or something....I don't know what I am talking about.

Calories probably help...

 

[Midnight Star]

Yeah, but there's not much to eat in open fresh water springs (wading birds pick shallower brackish or shore water), especially with alot of activity (divers constantly in and out). It seems more likely to be attacked in a remote location, and more brackish water. I still don't think they prefer the colder waters over warmer ones. Maybe an opportunistic moment, when no other water is present, but might travel away from deeper ground fed spring areas in search of a better habitat. Unless it's been acclimated and fed, then it would be less likely to leave.

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Mike.

 

[Midnight Star]

...they are cold blooded or something...

I was thinking, because of that, they'd prefer warmer waters. I sure wouldn't dive a golf course pond in florida at night, that's for sure!

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Mike.

 

[kirkryan]

I'd laugh at him for letting a stingray take his glory and then Dundee his *** with my dive knife.

 

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Mike.

 

[plot]

How much does one of those weigh wet though Midnight?