Man snares 1,300-pound gator
Alligator measures 13 feet, 3 inches
Cookies get political, a man snares a 1,300-pound gator and a rare sea turtle narrowly escapes becoming dinner -- take a look at the video that will have you talking.
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Cookies get political, a man snares a 13-hundred pound gator, and a rare sea turtle narrowly escapes the dinner table.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!
BUSKEN'S BAKERY IN CINCINNATI IS TRYING TO SWEETEN THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN....
IT'S SELLING COOKIES STAMPED WITH CARICATURES OF MITT ROMNEY AND BARACK OBAMA.
They're all voting for Obama so I'm going to get them a cookie.
Ok, we'll have another Romney.
THEY KEEP TRACK OF SALES AS AN INFORMAL POLL - SO FAR PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS THE EDGE.
IT'S A TRADITION THAT STARTED 20 YEARS AGO, AND THEY SAY THEIR POLL HAS PICKED THE WINNER EVERY TIME.
A MAN BAGGED THIS MASSIVE ALLIGATOR IN A LAKE IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LAST WEEK.
IT MEASURES 13 FEET, THREE INCHES, AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 13-HUNDRED POUNDS -- AN UNOFFICIAL STATE RECORD.
THE GATOR WAS SO LARGE IT TOOK FIVE PEOPLE TO LIFT IT OUT OF THE WATER.
HE PLANS TO MOUNT THE HEAD, AND MAKE ALLIGATOR BOOTS FOR THOSE WHO HELPED HIM WITH THE HUNT.
THIS RARE "KEMP'S RIDLEY" SEA TURTLE WAS NAMED "LUCKY" BECAUSE HE NARROWLY ESCAPED BECOMING A FISHERMAN'S DINNER.
FORTUNATELY A NEIGHBOR SPOTTED THE ANIMAL AND ALERTED AUTHORITIES.
WORKERS AT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM NURSED HIM BACK TO HEALTH.
THE "KEMP'S RIDLEY" IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, SO NOT EVEN THE AQUARIUM COULD KEEP HIM.
ONCE HE WAS WELL ENOUGH, "LUCKY" WAS SENT BACK OUT TO SEA.
FOR TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, I'M CATHERINE KIM.
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