<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1527562/open_sms">Send us your Florida questions!</a>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.Links We Mentioned<a href='https://theweeklychallenger.com/mini-lights-folklore-as-a-way-to-deal-with-trauma/'>Mini-Lights and Black children used as gator bait?</a><a href='https://youtu.be/R5F1JmHgbbg?si=gALNHIvR6cdqrL4K'>Mini Lights proof of concept trailer from Vitale Brothers</a><a href='https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/bookshelf/history-bookshelf/2009/nature-s-ghosts.html'>Nature's Ghosts</a> (this is the one we mentioned with the dead Carolina Parakeet on the cover)<a href='https://www.neh.gov/article/william-bartrams-man-eating-monster'>William Bartram's alligator</a><a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2010/05/alligator-capital-of-world.html'>"Alligator Capital of the World"</a>: A post by Rick Kilby<a href='https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/historical_records/debry/'>The alligator engravings some call DeMoyne, but are not</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>Question or comment? Email us at <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'>cathy@floridaspectacular.com</a>. Subscribe to <a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'>The Florida Spectacular newsletter</a>, and keep up with Cathy's travels at <a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'>greatfloridaroadtrip.com</a>. Keep up with Rick at <a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'>studiohourglass.blogspot.com</a> and get his books at <a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'>rickkilby.com</a>. Find Cathy on social media: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'>Facebook.com/SalustriCathy</a> and everywhere else as <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'>@CathySalustri</a>; connect with Rick <a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'>Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth</a>, Bluesky (@<a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'>oldfla.bsky.social</a>), and IG (@<a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'>ricklebee</a>). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant%20question'>this link</a>!

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