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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I look at that beach, think I'm in Florida, and there's zero chance in hell myself or my kids (if I had any) are getting in that water. To me it's only common sense there are alligators in there. You can't control an area that big.
Whether there was adequate signage or not will be the debate (some reports say there are alligator signs, some reports say there aren't), but knowing where I am in the world, there's no way i'm letting my kids in there, let alone a 2 year old later in the evening.
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Really? I mean, being from Alberta, I would have a keen sense for not letting my 2 year old wander close to bear/cougar/moose habitat. Not so sure I'd be totally alert to what looks like a trout pond to the Albertan eye. My danger mitigation would be a life jacket. An Australian would probably be worrying about 12" spiders. Brazilians might wonder about piranhas?
It must be really enlightening to be so aware of every danger in every place in the whole wide world. I, for one, might have benefited from some kind of warning that there *might* be alligators crawling up that apparently soothing beach. Kinda easy to forget about alligators when you come from a place that doesn't have any. Good thing I've heard about bridges collapsing in Montreal. I definitely keep that in mind when I go there.