GitEmSteveDave t1_j4x4mzi wrote
Reply to comment by Fryceratops in Whoever abandoned their three-foot live alligator in Neptune Township, Monmouth County officials would like a word with you by rollotomasi07071
https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-alligators-frozen-lakes-stick-snouts-out-ice-survive-1768498
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/frozen-alligators-stick-noses-through-ice-to-survive-in-oklahoma
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/01/09/alligators-survive-icy-conditions-orig-vstan.cnn
>...he decided some scientific research was in order, or at least some hurried googling. Relief washed over him as the search results loaded: His alligators were alive. They were surviving in the freezing water by sticking their snouts through the ice. Howard's worry was replaced with another emotion: astonishment.
Fryceratops t1_j4x75av wrote
The catch is they are in water. The top of the lake is frozen but the water under is not. This gator is outside.
GitEmSteveDave t1_j4xt6i0 wrote
And the alligator in the picture was in water.
Fryceratops t1_j4xtn58 wrote
So it was. Huzzah it is likely to be safer
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