Exactly What You Don't Want to See in Your Pool

Florida wildlife officials remove 11-foot alligator
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 2, 2018 7:06 AM CDT
Exactly What You Don't Want to See in Your Pool
In this photo provided by Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, authorities remove an alligator from a pool in Sarasota, Fla.   (Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Florida homeowners beware: One big gator has been found splashing in a backyard swimming pool, and it took a trapper to drag it away. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office posted images of the floating gator over the weekend on Twitter, saying it measured 11 feet long. With temperatures warming, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission warns that the state's estimated 1.3 million gators are becoming more active—and should be treated with "caution and respect," per the AP. There have been at least two other gator sightings in yards recently, including one that was mistaken for a burglar. Injuries from alligators are rare, but the commission urges swimming only in designated areas of rivers and lakes. As for backyard swimming pools, it makes no mention. But for some homeowners, that too is "swim at your own risk." (More Florida stories.)

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