Fryceratops t1_j4r1p7o wrote
Why would you abandon a cold blooded animal outside in the winter? I hope they find the person who did this and they destroy them.
Agent_Washington t1_j4rj3c5 wrote
Some people suck
Ecstatic-Passage-113 t1_j4sxt84 wrote
I use this Tom Segura quote too much these days 🤣
meatball402 t1_j4uvitc wrote
They wanted to kill it.
People who get these exotic animals as pets love em when they're small, but at this point the gator was eating whole chickens each day.
They probably became a danger to the owner (which is why they aren't good pets), who got rid of it.
GitEmSteveDave t1_j4u0fkz wrote
Torpor is a thing. You think someone takes in all the turtles and frogs when the weather gets cold and the water freezes?
Fryceratops t1_j4upgul wrote
The turtles and frogs that experience torpor tend to be able to handle that weather. Alligators do not typically life in places that hit the low 30s F.
GitEmSteveDave t1_j4x4mzi wrote
https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-alligators-frozen-lakes-stick-snouts-out-ice-survive-1768498
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/frozen-alligators-stick-noses-through-ice-to-survive-in-oklahoma
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/01/09/alligators-survive-icy-conditions-orig-vstan.cnn
>...he decided some scientific research was in order, or at least some hurried googling. Relief washed over him as the search results loaded: His alligators were alive. They were surviving in the freezing water by sticking their snouts through the ice. Howard's worry was replaced with another emotion: astonishment.
Fryceratops t1_j4x75av wrote
The catch is they are in water. The top of the lake is frozen but the water under is not. This gator is outside.
GitEmSteveDave t1_j4xt6i0 wrote
And the alligator in the picture was in water.
Fryceratops t1_j4xtn58 wrote
So it was. Huzzah it is likely to be safer
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