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Growing up in Idaho there would sometimes be baby alligators for sale during fairs, like the area with prize livestock and the petting zoo and all that. They'd keep them in those small plastic pools and put rubber bands on their mouths. We got to play with them. I'm sure it was all very legal and safe and the alligators definitely weren't super stressed
Wyoming needs to take a side
On a lot of these there is no info for Wyoming. Further proof that it doesn't exist.
"If they say it on television, it must be true!"
Alaska is taking the piss! Did they actually vote a law allowing it? It would have been a funny session.
"And what about subtropical reptiles, should we allow them? Alive or dead? Though that makes no difference"
TLDR: They just never thought they'd need to make a law against it.
This is likely true for most (or all) green states.
I lived in PA for 16 years, and I could have had a crocodile that entire time‽‽
sob
Alligator*
Legal status of crocodiles and caymans is so far unspecified.
Oh. Well, then, I don't care. Alligators are boring.
How dare you insult alligators like that?
Srsly, I don't know if I could tell which one was if it were put in front of me, and I'd be just as terrified if I were in the water with either.
If the mouth is closed then crocs have their teeth poking out, gators don't. If the mouth is open then consider running away.
Interesting. I've heard the round vs pointy snout one (which doesn't help because I can never remember which way it goes - I need mnemonics, dammit) but not this one.
I guess there are now crocs in FL, so I may have to use this information someday. Like, "oh, its teeth were showing when they mouth was closed, so I'm being eaten by a croc, not a common alligator!"
I'm here now wondering if I should capitalize on this newfound knowledge.
Yes. I mean, did you really need to ask that question?
(Seriously, tho, I know the answer is "no" for any exotic pet. But I can enjoy the idea.)
yeah, my living situation at the moment can't accommodate a house cat, so anything larger is definitely not going to work.
While cats are known predators of caiman, I don't think they'd make good co-pets. Either way.
I swear I remember pet stores selling baby alligators when I was a kid. I tried googling the history of this, but got few results outside Leave it to Beaver ordering one through the mail in the fifties which was apparently a thing.
Wyoming having "no info" is another example of why there shouldn't be 2 senators per state.
Still waiting for the day that I can have a beaver or otter as a pet in my state, but we're particular about not having them as pets because we can't give them a proper living environment.
Ugh...
I knew an alligator criminal. It was probably for the best that the alligator died before it got too big.
Betty White grew crocodiles in Maine and we all knew how that turned out.