Backed into a corner she is a wild thing that will devour you. Three Floridians went to that wild appetite this week down in Swamp country. There are laws of the natural world that can not be violated. Nature is feeling the pinch of the human footprint and innocent victims pay the price.
On a recent trip into the back country of Florida I made this photo. I consider it a window into a real world that can be pushed only so far.
Florida, the Real Florida, still exists - though it is harder to find through the web of artificiality humankind's insatiable appetite for land has created. Is this a reptilian payback? Not in a premeditated sense, but when we push closer and violate the boundaries of habitat other species require, well, gulp... those glittering white teeth probably are not smiling at us.
See Carl Hiaasen's article from the Miami Herald. He has the long perspective on gators! http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/columnists/carl_hiaasen/
I for one never want to be part of a gator's food chain. It is indeed tragic for the three women.
Wild thing! You make my heart...scream!
Susan
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