Wildlife Facing Flooding and Approaching Hurricane

[santaman2000]

As the flooding Mississippi River pours over the levees in Louisiana and Hurricane Barry approaches the following pix came from St Charles Parish

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[crosslandkelly]

Is it unusual to see so many aligators here?

 

[santaman2000]

Is it unusual to see so many aligators here?

It’s unusual to see them gathered like that.

 

[Woody girl]

That must be a bit of a worry for the local people. Especially if they have pets or kids. One more worry to contend with. I certainly would be wary of wading through flood water with that lot!

 

[santaman2000]

That must be a bit of a worry for the local people. Especially if they have pets or kids. One more worry to contend with. I certainly would be wary of wading through flood water with that lot!

I haven’t heard or read of any violent encounters yet. It’s always possible. Likewise with water snakes or even land snakes displaced by the floods. Fire ants are always a problem during flooding as well: displaced fire ants form into a ball clinging to one another to float on the surface of the floodwaters until they strike land and drive all the other animals back into the water.

 

[Woody girl]

Sometimes I'm glad I live in the UK! !! Most we have to worry about when it floods is rescuing the cat and dog or farm animals.
Havnt yet come across a Croc snake or fire ant here. Thank heavens!

 

[santaman2000]

Fire ants aren’t native here either. They arrived in the 1930s through the port of Mobile, Alabama and spread.