New resident at Peacock Springs - July 2010

[FW]

Knowing nothing at all about gators, are there ever any attacks after cave diving?
Looks really gnarly

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showt...ligator-Attack

[BillBowden]

But was he cave certified?

Or is that cave diver certified in alligator dining club?

[tecterri]

He or she is just a baby... only 4 feet... but the picture doesn't show that....

Ahhhh ONLY 4 feet ??? Size is relative . . . It's only a foot shorter than I am

[ARY]

Looks like he's smiling at you.

Given that P.Spring has closed entry to a beautiful cave that happened to be within park just for that reason - damn gator.... For many years. This baby is smiling at perspective of our access, now to P1. I hope reptile gets re-located to W.spring or at least makes a snack for local Mayo bar visitors.

[mag3]

And I'm sure he shares the sentiment, and is certain that you're probably delicious.

S/he was not there as of Wed. 07/14. Me and my instructor had P1 all to ourselves on that day, and all we saw were a family of turtles, doing pretty much the same thing.


So, what exactly *is* the "gator drill" procedure? Are they known to go into the caves for any length of time?

[brokenbones]

How "little" is that "little guy"? Also, how big is too big to dive safely around?

[stairman]

Yea the park gave up Bonnet for a gator, Id hate to see that happen at P1. I see nothing cute about it and it should be on a plate with a Corona to wash it down.

[MORGAN]

How "little" is that "little guy"? Also, how big is too big to dive safely around?

Four feet according to an earlier post.

I don't know how big is too big, but a few years ago there was a six footer in Peacock 1. Tracy and I didn't really know what to make of it, but the local divers were ignoring it, so we did a number of dives and had no problems. Somebody more used to gators than we are said, "Oh, he's just a little one - he won't bother you." The basin was full of algae and very low vis - Tracy and I were doing our stops back to back - peering anxiously through the the murk watching for the gator coming to eat us!

To Vermonters, a six foot gator is a huge vast immense scary thing, especially when we're in the water with it!

Mike

[jeandiver]

Four feet according to an earlier post.

I don't know how big is too big, but a few years ago there was a six footer in Peacock 1. Tracy and I didn't really know what to make of it, but the local divers were ignoring it, so we did a number of dives and had no problems. Somebody more used to gators than we are said, "Oh, he's just a little one - he won't bother you." The basin was full of algae and very low vis - Tracy and I were doing our stops back to back - peering anxiously through the through the murk watching for the gator coming to eat us!

To Vermonters, a six foot gator is a huge vast immense scary thing, especially when we're in the water with it!

Mike

Hey , it's SCARY to us Fort White'ers too.
Well , us transplanters. (EEK)
OK , us Fort White transplanters that have NO GATOR TRAINING (DOUBLE EEK)

Beano

[vinegarbiscuit]

What an awful thought...resting on what you thought was a log to do deco...