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I'm a couple of miles from a wildlife refuge full of wild gators -- I see little kids go right up to the edge of a pond WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT of their parents. (This is a place with no barriers anywhere -- you are in their territory.) People are really stupid.
Actually the same thing almost happened to me and/or my brother when we were little kids one time at a boat launch in the Everglades. One lurking right in front of us while we played right on the edge of the water, so my parents weren't being too bright either that day I guess. American Alligators are generally non-aggressive and will just leave if you get near, but small kids or dogs can be seen as prey. But now they've got those transplanted Nile Crocs possibly becoming established in Florida -- those things will attack anything.
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