(a green prophet) is Right! Google, Alexa, the Experts and the Net... are Not!

Green-tings Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings!

Here is some Food for Thought: Ask the following question of Google, Alexa, any Experts or the Net... and after a moment with your phone... the answer you will get will not just be wrong, it will be... Dead Wrong! Here is the question: "How many alligators are there in Florida?" Prepare to be scared!

This green prophet... cares about your kids, you, your property, your livestock and or your pets... in that order. This green prophet wrote the first draft of what you are about to read... in 2009... while living in now famous... Union Gospel Mission, in Fort Worth Texas! He would leave the UGM early in the morning. walk a few miles to the downtown Fort Worth Library, log onto a computer, then research and write. Now, this Blog segment is based on that research and what was then, written. Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; did you know that there are estimated to be more than a million alligators in the state of Florida? Right now? Today?

In 1967 Florida officials declared the American alligator to be endangered and in 1973 they were protected under the Endangered Species Act. They were protected 14 years and were taken off the endangered species list in 1987.

However, although the American alligator has not been under the protection of the federal government for more than 35 years, it seems the Florida state government still regards the American alligator as more important than their rural human residents. As a result, today it is estimated that there are more than a million alligators in the state of Florida. Right now! Today! Yes; this green prophet knows he is being redundant. That is precisely his point! So are they! (More than a million alligators) rather an ambiguous number isn't it? Yet it is strangely familiar.

You know, this green prophet has always enjoyed nature programs. What is well... weird, is he recalls where and approximately when he first heard that phrasing before. This green prophet distinctly remembers watching a nature program the topic for which was alligators about 20 years ago and recalls the narrator saying; "There are estimated to be more than a million alligators in the state of Florida today”. What do we know from this? Well, we know the experts mean more than a million... and less than two million. That's about it. The reason what was stated then is so clear even now... is because back then he recalls thinking... what an oddly ambiguous number? Here we are more than 20 years later and the number remains unchanged!

Can we suppose that for every alligator that dies another one and only one is born... and it has been that way for more than the past 20 years? Answer this fellow Green-lings and Green-wings; Now that you have been made to think about it... do you really believe that? Didn't think so! This is a part of why (a green prophet) has come... and is here.

Once again, this green prophet... cares about your kids, you, your property, your livestock and or your pets, in that order. As (a green prophet), he is here to shed light on shadow and to suggest change that could mean dollars in some folks pockets!

The interesting thing here is that pre-Trump... while the Demoncrats under Obama, were in power, the idea of making money this way would have been very appealing! After all, there were not many job or business opportunities during the Obama administration! Then came Trump... and Wow! There were so many job and business opportunities that there probably would have been little interest in an opportunity such as this. Now we are post-Trump... And we find that only 6 months post-Trump... Biden has been found to be to date... Wondrously worse than was Obama! So then, the concept of making money this way for some folks has become... very viable again! The obvious non-political not so common sense conclusion, because common sense is no longer so common is to simply ... Get Trump back!

Now, back to the more than a million alligators in the state of Florida today. On the surface, that number sounds reasonable doesn’t it? After all... Wow! That is a lot of alligators! Is it really? Well, we will soon see.

Actually, this green prophet believes that there are waaaay more than a million breeding age alligators in the state of Florida today 8 feet long or larger and challenge the experts to prove him wrong! Yes, based on time and the more than 20 year old numbers, there are waaaay more than one million alligators of breeding age in the state of Florida right now... somewhere between 8 and 16 feet long!

Before you laugh, some years ago a 14 foot, 900 plus pound alligator was taken out of the Trinity River in Texas. Texas! Not exactly the most ideal environment for alligators; not like say... Louisiana or Florida.

Did you know that female alligators become breeders at 8 years old and lay between twenty and fifty eggs per breeding season every fertile year thereafter? Did you know that alligators in the wild live on average more than 50 years? Well, you do now!

Is it any wonder that in the state of Florida an alligator could on any day and at any time be found to be... in your pool, your backyard, your front yard, under your car, in your garage and even inside your house by way of your doggy door!

If you live in Florida then you know that you need to keep a very close eye on your young children any livestock you may have and your pets; even on your own property! Tell me Floridians, do you like living like that? Would you like to see change that could lead to a greater degree of safety for you and yours and possibly even dollars in your pockets? Don't you think you have the right as tax payers, property owners and voters in the state of Florida to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

Now this green prophet will tell you about two women who were prematurely and permanently deprived of their rights; not by terrorists... not by a serial killer... not even by a jealous lover! But rather by an alligator; looking for, and in fact finding... an easy kill.

The first example is of a woman doing some gardening on her own property in south Florida. She had her back turned to a small natural water source; completely unaware that a 10 foot alligator weighing possibly 500 lbs. was watching her every move... sneaking up on her from behind! Then at the gator's most opportune time... the ravenous reptile ripped into her! In so doing... the alligator immediately robbed her of liberty and pursuit of happiness by practically severing her arm! While she did make it to the hospital... shortly after, she died from her injuries. Yes; the alligator completed the theft... by taking her life!

According to the somewhat cavalier and callas attitude of the FWC and Venom One... this was a risk that she assumed by moving so close to the alligators natural habitat! They actually have the audacity to blame her! Notice they did not fault the developers and realtors that both built and sold her the home. No! In addition; the developers and realtors probably provided no warnings at any time to the potential danger of the purchase! Just like the alligators, they got off and continue to get off... scot-free!

Another woman suffered a similar fate while walking her normally dry property after a heavy rainstorm. She too, made it to the hospital... where she too, ended up being permanently deprived of her rights after succumbing to the injuries inflicted upon her by the 8 foot alligator that shredded her leg! Note: This was a rainstorm and this was her own property. This was (not) a Hurricane!

Then there was the toddler taken at the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort; where he too died. According to CNN, around 9PM on June 14th 2016; the 2 year old boy... Lane Graves, waded approximately 1 foot into the water of the Seven Seas Lagoon. The lagoon is connected to a series of canals that feed into larger bodies of water. You know, this green prophet wrote the first draft of this segment, way back in 2009! He was then hoping perhaps, to warn the citizens and tourists because he believed the danger of possibly being attacked by an alligator in any of the fresh waterways in Florida was then... much greater than the experts thought it was. There are times when being right, just sucks!

Here is the real kicker! It is the story on the TV show “I’m Alive”; Season 1; Episode 9; entitled... “A New Day”. The episode of course takes place in Florida. In the story, a young man denied a career in the military, through no fault of his own, went to a campfire party at the end of a parking lot next to a canal leading to a lake with his old friends from high school.

After doing a little drinking; this young man, with something to prove to himself... came up with the idea to swim out to a buoy in the middle of the canal and back... after dark! He had done it before; some years ago in the daylight. If he had done it before, he can do it again! Judgement can be clouded leading to logic like that, even after getting just a little high, and it can change your life... forever!

Now this green prophet was born in Florida; left there as a toddler and remembers almost none of it. Still; with what he knows from his simple research anybody could have done over the years but no one else did... he can say without the slightest hesitation that any such act, in almost any body of freshwater, after dark, would be nothing less than a death wish!

To continue; the young man was a fast swimmer. He got to the buoy and was on his way back when a few of his friends who were watching him, began to scream at him to hurry! He saw them and thought they were cheering him on. Yes, with the music, party going on and the noise of his swimming... he could not hear them! So it hit him without warning! A 12 foot alligator latched onto one of his arms! For what happened next... watch the show! But this green prophet will tell you what happened last. As the rescue chopper flew over the canal with its flood lights on, the team in the helicopter counted 97 alligators in the water! Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; hovering over the water... flood lights on... the first responders in that rescue helicopter counted 97 Alligators that were big enough that they could see... in that one section... of that one canal... after dark!

There is an unspoken paradox in Florida State and local government they pretend does not exist. They do not seem to want to face the oh so serious alligator epidemic in Florida; because they want every tourist that visits Florida, year after year, to always easily see the gators in their natural habitat. At the same time, the state and local governments do not want signs posted all over all of the fresh waterways in Florida... scaring the tourists and causing them to vacation somewhere else! Do not forget folks, in this paradox there are supposed to be maybe... a million and a half alligators in the entire state!

Ironically enough; probably after doing a Google search; this is the same number of alligators the expert who was on the then, very popular program... The O’Reilly Factor, stated were living in Florida the same night the toddler was taken and killed at the Disney's Grand Resort! Additionally, Bill O’Reilly, a supposed stickler for truth and accuracy, did not question his alligator expert’s numerical conclusion! Then again, who would have? If Mr. O’Reilly had done the fact checking himself... his conclusion would have been exactly the same! Why is everyone else waaaay off on this? Keep reading... all of the answers are in the conclusion!

Tax payers and voters of Florida, is this situation acceptable to you? If not, then tell your state government it is high time they do more to protect the people who put them in office and whose taxes pay their salaries from the larger American alligators which pose the greatest threats!

It is time to take away Florida's protection of these so called prehistorics! Why? Quite simply, because the alligator experts with their overall estimate of there only being maybe... one and a half million of the carnivorous cold blooded creatures... have grossly underestimated the quantity of alligators currently residing in the fresh waters of Florida today! To Be Continued. Drum Roll Please! ; -)

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