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unc70

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11. Gators are further north than shown on your map

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 01:57 PM

Sep 2023

I grew up on the coast of North Carolina near the edge of the northern range on your map. There were plenty of gators there 70 years ago. They seem to really like golf courses. You even see one occasionally on the barrier islands.

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Now alligators are leaving Floriduh [View all] TexLaProgressive Sep 2023 OP

Lol TheRealNorth Sep 2023 #1

When alligators are tired of Florida's shit, it's time to call it a day. Aristus Sep 2023 #2

Alligators have been moving north for a while now. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #3

I get it climate change TexLaProgressive Sep 2023 #4

I'd flee, too. But maybe if I was a gator, I'd form an alliance with the crocs and eat republicans. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #5

I'd like to visit Merchant Millpond in North Carolina one day. Tommy Carcetti Sep 2023 #6

I can see that. A little thrill from seeing them north of their usual stomping grounds. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #7

Around here, the "alligator belt" stops at a swampy natural lake a few miles south of San Antonio. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #8

The reason water is cold downstream of dams... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2023 #9

That belt looks like an alligator with its mouth wide open. boston bean Sep 2023 #10

Gators are further north than shown on your map unc70 Sep 2023 #11

those bought as pets Conjuay Sep 2023 #12