On Friday, 21 May 2021 at 03:03:53 UTC+1, Kevrob wrote:
> On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 8:16:01 PM UTC-4, Default User wrote:
> > Paul S Person wrote:
> >
> > >If you get eaten by a crocodile, should anything be done to the
> > >crocodile? Or are you just another "thrill-seeker"?
> > Crocodile attacks are exceendingly rare in the US due to the low
> > population of the species and its reclusive nature. Alligators, on the
> > other hand, are much more dangerous.
> >
> Go too far north in Florida and the winters are too cold for
> the American croc.
>
> [quote]
>
> Within the United States, the American crocodile's distribution is generally
> limited to the southern tip of Florida, though at least two have been found
> as far north as the Tampa Bay area.
>
> [/quote] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile
>
> A few Nile crocs have been introduced, whether on purpose or
> as a result of zoos, or people with illegal exotic pets losing track
> of them, I can't say.
>
> https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article78680152.html
>
> If a saurian chomps anyone in the `Glades, on the "sound of hooves,
> think horses, not zebras" principle, assume it was a gator until
> you hear otherwise.

Some genre works with a bogeymonster alleged
to be in the local lake have reality-savvy characters
who suspect that a large but mundane crocodilian
is the explanation, and why shouldn't it be?
A monster can be crocodile-ish, and a crocodile
is pretty Good as a monster. But then it wouldn't
be genre...?

I most recently watched the episode of _Grimm_
in which tourists on the lake are turning up dead,
but note <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire_%28The_X-Files%29>
(spoilers). Both stories give due time to the alligated
monster possibly being an alligater. ;-)

> BTW, when something is "owned by the people," it isn't necessarily
> "government property," though pols and bureaucrats can make it
> seem that way. [snip]

Thank you for addressing this question.

In article <656850ef-9c08-47ac-b15c-798b5d294e8fn@googlegroups.com>,
Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>On Friday, 21 May 2021 at 03:03:53 UTC+1, Kevrob wrote:
>> On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 8:16:01 PM UTC-4, Default User wrote:
>> > Paul S Person wrote:
>> >
>> > >If you get eaten by a crocodile, should anything be done to the
>> > >crocodile? Or are you just another "thrill-seeker"?
>> > Crocodile attacks are exceendingly rare in the US due to the low
>> > population of the species and its reclusive nature. Alligators, on the
>> > other hand, are much more dangerous.
>> >
>> Go too far north in Florida and the winters are too cold for
>> the American croc.
>>
>> [quote]
>>
>> Within the United States, the American crocodile's distribution is generally
>> limited to the southern tip of Florida, though at least two have been found
>> as far north as the Tampa Bay area.
>>
>> [/quote] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile
>>
>> A few Nile crocs have been introduced, whether on purpose or
>> as a result of zoos, or people with illegal exotic pets losing track
>> of them, I can't say.
>>
>> https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article78680152.html
>>
>> If a saurian chomps anyone in the `Glades, on the "sound of hooves,
>> think horses, not zebras" principle, assume it was a gator until
>> you hear otherwise.
>
>Some genre works with a bogeymonster alleged
>to be in the local lake have reality-savvy characters
>who suspect that a large but mundane crocodilian
>is the explanation, and why shouldn't it be?
>A monster can be crocodile-ish, and a crocodile
>is pretty Good as a monster. But then it wouldn't
>be genre...?
>

I give you now Professor Twist
The conscientious scientist.
Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles"
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside
One day he missed his lovely bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean," he said, "a crocodile!"
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

On Wed, 19 May 2021 14:24:00 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>If the cost of rescuing the odd person who gets lost in the wilderness is not
>an undue burden on the taxpayer, that's one thing. If it _is_, one can always put
>fences around the mountains...

They actually do that in Australia around Ayers Rock / Uluru

On Fri, 21 May 2021 00:15:57 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
<defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Paul S Person wrote:
>
>>If you get eaten by a crocodile, should anything be done to the
>>crocodile? Or are you just another "thrill-seeker"?
>
>Crocodile attacks are exceendingly rare in the US due to the low
>population of the species and its reclusive nature. Alligators, on the
>other hand, are much more dangerous.

And the previous reference to "star-gazing" is surely a reference to
the fact that the largest alligator refuge in the United States is
owned by NASA which uses roughly 5% of their land for the spaceport
and 95% for the gators.

(I toured Canaveral in 1998 and the section of the tour dealing with
the alligator refuge was for me the most surprising part of the tour)

On Sun, 11 Jul 2021 17:19:49 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 19 May 2021 14:24:00 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
><jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>>If the cost of rescuing the odd person who gets lost in the wilderness is not
>>an undue burden on the taxpayer, that's one thing. If it _is_, one can always put
>>fences around the mountains...
>
>They actually do that in Australia around Ayers Rock / Uluru

Yes but that's not why - rather a misguided viewpoint on who 'owns'
it.

It's not the sort of place one would get lost around - maybe hurt when
climbing but not lost. (I've never been there but my late father did)