Hiking in the everglades?

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Hiking in the everglades?

Mon 19 Jul, 2010 7:12 pm

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I don't think so...

Don't know whether it's the everglades or not, but it sure isn't Tasmania...

I have a feeling not too many people obey that sign.
In the interests of international tourism, I think they should offer it in multiple languages.
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Mon 19 Jul, 2010 7:55 pm

the tourists'll do it they just need a heap of booze first apparently...
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 8:59 pm

It doesn't say which side of the road. Maybe the other side's safer. Or is it a causeway . . . ?
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 9:30 pm

north-north-west wrote:It doesn't say which side of the road. Maybe the other side's safer. Or is it a causeway . . . ?

LOL
Yeah, doesn't matter how wide that road is, the other side wouldn't be any safer in my view...
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 10:07 pm

Then you wouldn't be walking in the first place, would you?

I have read that alligators aren't quite as stroppy as crocs. Don't know how much faith I put in that, though.
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 10:31 pm

At the Broome Croc park the guys there said they are extremely cautious around salties,
but that they can sometimes stand on American alligators when feeding them.
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 10:38 pm

eggs wrote:At the Broome Croc park the guys there said they are extremely cautious around salties,
but that they can sometimes stand on American alligators when feeding them.

Would want to be pretty good at picking one from the other then.
Personally, big + big teeth = no thanks.
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 10:43 pm

The snout is very different. Crocs have a broad rounded nose, while gators have a narrow, tapered one.

Or is it the other way around . . . ?
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 20 Jul, 2010 11:14 pm

Hmmm...... STOP CHEWIN MY LEG.... MY BOOK SAYS YOURE SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE AN ALIGATOR!!!? Damn... :wink:
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Wed 21 Jul, 2010 6:23 pm

No, a croc's not likely to eat you straight away, they like their meat . . . ummmmmmm . . . how do I put this delicately . . . aged. Tenderised. Marinated in water for a few days.
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Thu 22 Jul, 2010 9:55 am

north-north-west wrote:No, a croc's not likely to eat you straight away, they like their meat . . . ummmmmmm . . . how do I put this delicately . . . aged. Tenderised. Marinated in water for a few days.

What a load of rot... :roll:
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Thu 22 Jul, 2010 10:21 am

QI last night revealed that a rubber band is a good defence against crocs and alligators, since they have rather feeble mouth-opening muscles, despite string mouth-closing muscles. So just put a few rubber bands around the end of their snout and you're perfectly safe. Simple, eh?
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Thu 22 Jul, 2010 11:11 am

id prefer a .45 pistol if it came to a "me or it" kinda choice!
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Thu 22 Jul, 2010 2:19 pm

Son of a Beach wrote:So just put a few rubber bands around the end of their snout and you're perfectly safe.
How?

I don't even want to get within the range of a .45 of one. If nothing else, that would mean I would be in an area where the weather is too warm for me.....
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Thu 22 Jul, 2010 3:43 pm

yeah i prefer being at the top of the food chain generally......
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Re: Hiking in the everglades?

Tue 30 Nov, 2010 8:35 am

haha. there is no hiking in the Everglades - the closest you come is running away from the alligators!
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