Earlier this week, a Florida alligator selected an uncommon area to rest– the tarmac at the MacDill Flying Force Base. The gator even went so far as to park itself next to (and between) an aircraft’s tires. Totally normal.
The Air Force Base published pictures on its Facebook page asking the public to add their own captions. Analysts rose to the celebration with things like:
“I stated: ‘Chock the wheels, not Crock the wheels!‘”
“Nobody likes the new quality assurance officer. He tends to snap at people, but at least he has a thick skin.“
“If I fits, I sits.“
And “New addition to the K9 corp! He doesn’t bark, but sure will bite!“
The alligator put up a fight when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Preservation Commission (FWC) got here to move it. In a video made public by U.S.A. Today, you can see as FWC officials wrangle the gator, with trouble.
The good news is, the FWC prevailed, and the tarmac alligator is now safe in the Hillsborough River.
Alligators live all across the state of Florida, and often they discover their method into weird places, like people’s homes or, obviously, tarmacs.
Here are the FWC’s pointers for co-existing with alligators.
Earlier today, a Florida alligator picked an uncommon spot to rest– the tarmac at the MacDill Flying Force Base. It argued, too.