Thursday, March 28, 2024

Why Was A Dead Gator Found In Florida Dorm Room?

In Florida, it’s normal to see a gator in a swamp and lake, and common enough to see them eating huge fish, walking through a furniture store, or terrifying local sportsmen on golf courses. It is, however, rare to find one—even if it’s dead—in a college dorm room.

That very thing happened last week at Florida Gulf Coast, where students shared to social media a pic of an apparently dead gator in a dorm room on campus. “I thought it wasn’t real. I thought it was like photoshopped,” Ashley Wells, a student at the school, told NBC 2.

The gator is believed to be one that was regularly seen near Palmetto Hall, a dorm on the south side of the campus where the photos are believed to have been taken.

“Even if you didn’t know it was dead. Still to approach a gator like, it’s not Crocodile Hunters. You can’t do this. We’re not trained to do something like that,” another student said.

Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission investigated the incident, and ended up giving students warnings for possessing an alligator without permit.


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