|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 I just sent a note to my father and he verified Steve's method of guestimation. My old man is a nuisence gator trapper as well as finance professor how's that for a combination! 8-) Since my old man grabs gators for fun and is better with numbers I'll withdraw the 2.5 method! LOL! So, now all you have to do is have a ruler to measure the gator's head and you can leave the calculator at home! 8-) Hope this helps... Dan SonOfATrapperMan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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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