|The local lake here in central Mississippi has a few small 'gators. The |largest I've seen was about 6 to 8 feet long (hard to judge since you |have to come around at night to see them out of the water). I hope I'm remembering the right number but you can guestimate the size of a gator by taking the length of the head out of the water by 2.5. I think it was 2.5 its been awhile since I was told this. The problem is getting the gator to hold still while you measure from the back of their head to the nose. And the nose happens to be just up from those sharp ugly teeth! 8-) So be careful doing the measuring! 8-) Truly hope this helps! Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: > |The local lake here in central Mississippi has a few small 'gators. The > |largest I've seen was about 6 to 8 feet long (hard to judge since you > |have to come around at night to see them out of the water). > > I hope I'm remembering the right number but you can guestimate the size of a > gator by taking the length of the head out of the water by 2.5. I think it was > 2.5 its been awhile since I was told this. > The trick I heard was to guess the distance in inches from the eyes to the nose, then assume that's the gator's length in feet. <insert joke about blonde's desire for alligator shoes here> Steve Cramer Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes you never can University of Georgia always tell what you Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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