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PAUL DOIRON is the editor in chief of Down East: The Magazine of Maine, Down East Books, and DownEast.com. A native of Maine, he attended Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in English and he holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. Paul is a Registered Maine Guide and lives on a trout stream in coastal Maine with his wife, Kristen Lindquist.

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Sunday
Feb282010

Please Don't Feed the Gators

American alligators were widely poached in Florida until the 1960s, but their numbers have rebounded to the point where the state has to actively mediate human interactions with the more than 1 million gators residing in Florida. Still, you'd think a word to the wise should be sufficient.

Evidently not according to this sign on Sanibel Island.

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Reader Comments (1)

It appears that there is a tiny person feeding a tiny alligator inside the stomach of a much bigger alligator. Not only that, but there's a really guy who really likes this.

March 8, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterGinny Wright

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