On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:24:56 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. *They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

Actually, I was thinking inland like... Orlando

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The area in and around Orlando has *many* small lakes and ponds and
just about everyone has a resident gator. At certain times of the
year they get lonely and start wandering around. That's when the
trouble starts.

They are natural, instinctive hunters and can lay in wait motionless
for long periods of time with just their eyes out of the water. My
brother-in-law north of Tampa is on a water hazard pond. I sometimes
amuse myself by trying to spot the alligator. If you take your eyes
off him for a minute and then look back, he'll have moved a little
closer while you weren't watching.