FLORIDA SPECTACULAR Cathy Salustri & Rick Kilby - Alligators: Florida's Swamp Puppies

In E219 of FLORIDA SPECTACULAR, hosts Cathy Salustri & Rick Kilby give us a soundbite on Alligators: Florida's Swamp Puppies! Mark Barrow grew up around gators — both the real one and a certain Florida college that pays homage to them. Now, he's written a book about alligators, and he joins Rick and Cathy to talk about why alligators deserve respect, not fear. The trio also talks about the gator's place in Florida's culture, roadside Florida gator attractions, and why gators are amazing creatures.
Mini-Lights and Black children used as gator bait?
Mini Lights proof of concept trailer from Vitale Brothers
Nature's Ghosts (this is the one we mentioned with the dead Carolina Parakeet on the cover)
William Bartram's alligator
"Alligator Capital of the World": A post by Rick Kilby
The alligator engravings some call DeMoyne, but are not 
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