tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post115466870396783214..comments2024-03-09T02:32:34.549-06:00Comments on Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Lake Conroe, Texas: Family Frolicking....Not Such A Good Idea?Melissa Clouthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864991953502438461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post-1154704254507955462006-08-04T09:10:00.000-06:002006-08-04T09:10:00.000-06:00A hoax. Imagine that. Sorry folks. The picture is ...A hoax. Imagine that. Sorry folks. The picture is still cool.Melissa Clouthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864991953502438461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post-1154693422736088262006-08-04T06:10:00.000-06:002006-08-04T06:10:00.000-06:00FYI http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/gatordee...FYI <BR/>http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/gatordeer.asp<BR/><BR/>In August 2004, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) finally cleared up the issue by issuing a press release identifying the photographs as having been taken in south Georgia (near the Georgia/South Carolina border) by a USFWS officer in March 2004:<BR/>The sight of a 12 to 14 foot-long alligator is something south Georgia folks see occasionally, but few have seen one take an adult deer out to lunch. Actually — for lunch.<BR/><BR/>The photographs of this deer-eating alligator were taken from the air by Terri Jenkins, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service District Fire Management Officer. She was preparing to ignite a prescribed fire at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, about 40 miles south of Savannah, Georgia, on March 4, 2004.<BR/><BR/>"One advantage of fire work is you get to see that 12-14 footers are common from Santee National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina to Coastal South Carolina to Georgia’s coast," said Jenkins. "It looks like the alligator population is doing extremely well."<BR/><BR/>This one was at least 12-13 feet long. Jenkins said that some bull alligators have a 35 inch girth.Chalmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06355578099725547881noreply@blogger.com