Alligator farm in Florida prepare for the hurricane

Alligator farm in Florida prepare for the hurricane

Tropical storm Irma with a power of 4 category have already reached the coast of Florida. Undoubtedly, the main threat is damaging winds and flooding, but there is another – gators.

In the state of living many of these animals, in addition, they are bred on special farms. Now they are taking all precautions that the inhabitants remained in place during the storm.

Alligator farm in Florida prepare for the hurricane

Employees alligator farm St. Augustine drained some of the water out of the hull, which is home to over 200 alligators and crocodiles.

«The fact that when they felt low pressure is sinking to the bottom and waiting,» he told WJXX-TV, the farm employee John Wharf. «In our territory there are two partitions in some places and three».

The farm also has poisonous snakes. They are placed in boxes with air holes. But the birds wait out the storm will have… in a public toilet.

«Last year it worked out great. Such a premise then it is easy to clean,» laughs Wharf.

Recall that in Cuba due to hurricane Irma evacuated and animals.

The alligators during a flood is not speculation, but a frightening reality. So, in Texas during hurricane Harvey , a local resident shot a video in which a couple of alligators that swam right in her flooded yard.

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