islander wrote: 
You would not have done well where I grew up on the Ashley river.  They were just river dogs to us except they ate a lot of our dogs.  This picture was taken recently in Moncks Corner a few miles up the road from where I grew up.  Gators did not used to be so polite, they just normally didn't want anything to do with you.  

 islander wrote:

I would check with the first mate about what drugs she's putting in your coffee. I'm available for consultation. Give her my number.

 miamizsun wrote:

 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

try lsd and the mind of islander 

 miamizsun wrote:
 

I googled "alligator barking like a seal" and the internet let me down.

 sunybuny wrote: 

he may be having a miami vice flashback...

 

 islander wrote:
 
Uh... that's Miami and my's territory.  But if you really, really want one we can send one up to you.

 islander wrote: 
And a weird looking one at that. Seals are a good substitute though...If need be they can eat your butt up as well.

 Coaxial wrote:
 
Apparently my pre-coffee brain thinks there is at least one.

 islander wrote: 
 Just how many gators do y'all have up there?

A seal glided by the galley window as I was making coffee. For some reason my brain saw it in the periphery and went "ALLIGATOR!" I actually jumped a bit.

 kcar wrote:
 

 haresfur wrote:
 

"Except they think they can outrun anything so if they see you they will try to run in front of your car instead of cutting behind"


Sounds exactly like Boston pedestrians. 

 haresfur wrote: 
On my drive home from work today, through the farm lands of the Shenandoah Valley, I did a double take when I mistook a cow, at a distance, for a ‘roo. Not that I’ve ever seen a ‘roo before, but ... 

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 
They are the deer of the Australia-world. Except they think they can outrun anything so if they see you they will try to run in front of your car instead of cutting behind

 haresfur wrote:
 
Sounds as if they're kinda squirrelish.

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 
The trouble was that it couldn't be trusted to stay on the sidewalk. It started to cross the road in front of me, changed it's tiny mind, then crossed behind me but in front of a car coming the other direction. I didn't hear any thud so I assume it was ok.

 haresfur wrote:
 

Using the sidewalk seems perfectly reasonable. Here in Derplahoma, humans walk in the street with a perfectly good sidewalk six feet away.

 islander wrote:
 

Make your own kind of music

A rather confused kangaroo hopping down the sidewalk just before dawn