If I had a fear of spiders, living here would be...problematic.
Alligators are another story. It's difficult to even catch anything on a trotline anymore without the gators getting to it first. It was illegal to hunt them here until maybe 8-10 years ago, but it's still only by permit lottery now. It should be by regular purchased permit. They're in all the swimming holes I went to when younger. The effect of an unmanaged species by the state. Many of the rivers here didn't have dams until the 60's-70's and they weren't the slow flowing cesspools they are now below the dams, replete with hog and chicken farm waste. Bacterial infection is a real concern when swimming during summer here now.
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