Wildlife officer loses alligator in school
A US wildlife officer's decision to bring a 5ft alligator into
his daughter's school for a show-and-tell backfired when it
escaped.
Dave Brady had recently captured the reptile and thought he'd
bring it into his daughters class, with its mouth taped shut, in
Florida.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Stan
Kirkland said it proved a hit with the class: "They were
impressed," he said.
Things started to go wrong when Mr Brady loaded the alligator
back into his truck after the school visit in Panama City
Beach.
"Most people don't think they can jump, but they have an amazing
ability to jump," Mr Kirkland said. "They can not only jump, they
can run."
The alligator successfully jumped out of the truck and ran off
towards a local pond where it has so far managed to avoid
recapture.
Mr Kirkland asked people to keep an eye out for the alligator:
"It's green, it's 5ft long and it was last seen on the lam," he
added.
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