Signs have been erected in the area that warn that an alligator has been spotted in the lake, and that beachgoers should exercise caution.
beachgoers in Erie, Pennsylvania spotted an alligator Sunday, near the East Avenue Boat Launch. Per the outlet, several individuals claimed to have seen a four- to five-foot-long alligator, with eyewitnesses contacting authorities, who then passed the information along to the Erie Port Authority.
Slomski confirmed that the port authority is working with local trappers and are in contact with professionals in the south that have experience with alligators. WJW reported that signs have been erected in the area that warns that an alligator has been spotted in the lake, and that beachgoers should exercise caution.
“They do go into a hibernation sort of thing called brumation where they won’t eat quite as much during the winter and their bodies will slow down because they’re cold-blooded versus us and other mammals that are warm-blooded. They need the sun, they need the heat to be able to metabolize anything that they do eat,” Darren Julius, a reptile keeper at the Erie Zoo, told WJW.
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