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News Details (Posted: January 14, 2007):
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Florida wildlife officials have a message for the people of Broward County: Stop feeding the alligators. Really.
Concerned with how comfortable the reptiles are becoming with people, officers will spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday trolling certain areas for the not-so-elusive species of homo imbecilius, also known as gator feeders.
They will be handing out tickets that could lead to fines or even jail time for the second-degree misdemeanor.
Despite a series of deadly attacks this year, including one at Markham Park, people continue to dangle chips, raw chicken and marshmallows over canals and ponds.
Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino said officers don't want to throw people in jail; they just want to send a message.
In Broward especially, alligators are beginning to associate humans with food, Pino said. That means more gators will appear in residential and populated areas.
'I would imagine, because gators' brains are the size of a pea,'' Pino said, ``we are the superior thinkers.
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