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(11-14-2023, 11:52 PM)afortich Wrote: Summary showing the Southern Avoca, Ximhungwe cubs, Talamati DM, Tsalala girl, Talamati Breakway, Update on S8.
Is that a golf course in Skukuza? Sorry, there's a pride lying on the 8th fairway, play through, that is crazy! Then again, I grew up in the swamps of FL, and gators are rather common on the courses down there, I guess having grown up around them I have never viewed gators to be as menacing as lions.
That's exactly what I thought when watching it, looked very open and well-kept. I've heard of these gator golf enthusiasts, at least with them you could run in zig zig and you should be alright. The only thing lying on the golf courses in Scotland are cows and drunk people.
LOL, maybe that is how the game got invented there to begin with, because I certainly never would have thought of something like it while sober. We have the same, cows and drunk people in the swamps and marshes, plus you can add mosquitoes the size of buzzards. When there are gators on the course, people normally do just play through. Mostly the gators will just be sunning themselves, I have never seen them harass anyone, even when you walk by them within a couple of feet, unless people have been feeding them, not sure the same could be said for the lions..
The whole zigzag thing is an urban myth, no truth to it, you'll just make yourself tired quicker. Besides, gators, while quick, aren't that fast and they don't have a ton of stamina on land, so unless you're exceptionally slow, you should be just fine. In the water is a whole different story, you will 100% lose the race there.
Even so, I'd probably make sure to go play early in the morning if I was a golfer and in Florida, that way they haven't 'warmed up' yet.
Good to know it's an urban myth! Pretty essential survival information. Don't worry, I have no intention of racing gators in the water.