I just can't get over that
A: They weren't swimming, so it's not even like they ignored the sign.
B: Even if they were fifty feet out in water, "no swimming" is a lot different than "gator zone, possible death/injury may occur"
Should they have known to stay far away from the water? In hindsight yes, but I don't think it's unreasonable to alert a densely populated, almost exclusively out-of-state tourist area to wildlife dangers they might not have been aware of. I didn't know salt-water crocodiles were a thing until I went to Australia, but the municipalities there are aware enough to erect signage in tourist-busy zones.
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