Chance The Snapper Is Snared: Alligator Caught After A Wild Week In Chicago Park

[Dulcinea]

It took a week, but wildlife officials in Chicago say they've finally captured a 5-foot-long alligator nicknamed Chance the Snapper. The gator surprised city residents who spotted it last Tuesday in Humboldt Park, on the city's West Side.

The animal was captured after 36 consecutive hours of tracking and surveillance by Florida alligator expert Frank Robb, who owns Crocodilian Specialist Services in St. Augustine. To help the gator search, officials had closed off roads and paths near the lagoon and residents were asked to avoid the park and keep things quiet.

The rogue alligator fell into human hands around 1:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. That's when Robb says he saw the gator's eyes shine in the darkness. Then the gator — a male weighing around 30 or 40 pounds — did some "vocalizing," Robb said at a news conference where the slippery gator was unveiled Tuesday.

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/16/742215100/chance-the-snapper-is-snared-alligator-caught-after-a-wild-week-in-chicago-park

[Seedersandleechers]

1. The gator looks harmless

Looks like it still has it's baby teeth.

[Lochloosa]

4. Far from harmless. And those teeth are about a half inch long.

The average strength of a human bite is 162 pounds per square inch.

Alligator. Bite force: 2,125psi

[hlthe2b]

2. He's lucky to be relocated and not left to freeze in the winter. Whoever released him when

his pet "novelty" was over is just low.

[narnian60]

5. Yes.

[murielm99]

3. Mr. Robb threw out the first pitch

at the Cubs game Tuesday night.