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From the Gothamist Newsmap:
Found Alligator | Croton Loop & Delmar Loop Brooklyn, NY | 11/28/2006 9:27 a.m.Man, can you imagine being the person to call 911 about that? Of course, it's no caiman alligator found with a 400 pound tiger in an apartment, but it's still pretty exciting.
Urban legends about alligators in the sewer system tend to be false. And yes, we know that's a picture of Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, but he is a much loved large reptile resident of the city.
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i guess the whole cold blooded thing comes in handy when you're in cold water.
with global warming, should we expect more strange animals up this way this time of year?
I was very disappointed that this wasn't on the map. Really.
A few years ago, someone let an alligator loose in Scajaquada Creek, in Buffalo. Area kids had seen it, and no one believed them, til a few adults saw it.
It was caught and now lives on an alligator farm in Florida. Why it wasn't taken to the Buffalo Zoo is beyond me. What a draw it would have been! Scac the Gator!
And, they could have saved on lighting. Scajaquada Creek is so polluted, the poor thing probably would have glowed in the dark.
James, I know, I was too, a little bit. I think it wasn't on the map because there isn't a specific alligator icon. We'll have to look into that.
global warming? well, it is unseasonably warm. however, my money's on loss of habitat.