An alligator from Louisiana was discovered on a South Texas beach over 400 miles away.....

[marmar]

An alligator from Louisiana was discovered on a South Texas beach over 400 miles away, raising questions about how it got there




(CNN) When members of the National Park Service's (NPS) turtle patrol were scouting the South Texas shore for sea turtles, they spotted an unusual visitor -- an American alligator.

The alligator was discovered on the sandy Malaquite Beach on the Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi on Monday. The reptile is thought to have floated across the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana, as indicated by the notch of its tail and tag on its foot, according to park officials.

"We are kind of speculating that perhaps it was washed out during one of the flooding events in Louisiana," Kelly Taylor, Padre Island National Seashore public information officer, told CNN on Wednesday. "It had a significant amount of algae on it's back that leads us to speculate that it was floating in the Gulf for a while."

Alligators spend time basking in the sun which helps keeps the algae off, Taylor added, which makes them believe this reptile was in the water for quite sometime. ...........(more)

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/us/alligator-found-south-texas-beach-trnd/index.html?

[soothsayer]

1. Poor thing

[Hortensis]

2. For sure. He probably realized he wasn't in Kansas anymore, but

that's all. Good people will get him "home" before long.

[hurple]

3. Maybe

Now that the "pandemic is over," he's just taking a vacation.

[raccoon]

4. I didn't know gators could live long in saltwater. Nt

[elevator]

5. Sounds like a croc to me.

Sorry.

[marmar]

6. No, it's an American alligator that was tagged in Louisiana.

[elevator]

9. Was meant to be funny...like a crock of s...t.

oh well.

[soothsayer]

10. Ha! I see what you did there

[dalton99a]

7. There was another one in Port Aransas last year

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Port-Aransas-officials-remove-Dollar-Store-15751572.php

Port Aransas officials remove 'Dollar Store Gator' after residents began throwing glass, items at it
Priscilla Aguirre
Nov. 24, 2020



Port Aransas called in experts to remove a 10-foot male alligator hanging out at a creek near a Dollar Store over concerns that it was too comfortable with humans.

Officials said the estimated 400-pound alligator had been lurking in the city limits since the summer and may have been in the area for almost two years. The reptile had become such a common sight that residents nicknamed it "Dollar Store Gator," according to the city's animal control officer Richard Gleason.

"He's been showing up on and off for months to the point where half the island was feeding him, and the other half was throwing things at him like glass, rocks and other items," Gleason said. "No matter what though, he just wasn't leaving."

Gleason said the police were getting at least 10 calls a day about people harassing the alligator. Despite the harassment, Gleason said the reptile "wasn't scared of people anymore" and would walk up to individuals near the creek.

[lpbk2713]

8. He took a wrong turn at the 18th hole.

[Solly Mack]

11. Everyone needs a vacation.

Hope the critter gets all better.

[Towlie]

12. Here's how the alligator got there:

 
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[Captain Stern]

13. ....and boy, were his tiny legs and arms tired.

I hope he makes it back to where he belongs, or at least a reasonable facsimile there of.