Soccer ball not the only ball Hilton Head gator had eaten
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — That alligator that was put down after it grabbed a soccer ball near some children playing on Hilton Head Island apparently had a hankering for athletic equipment.
The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports (http://bit.ly/MJxtJP) that an examination shows the 13-foot alligator had eaten two baseballs, a tennis ball, two other balls, as well as 53 fishing lures and a half pound of lead sinkers.
It also had eaten a 4-foot gator.
Mark Carinus with Critter Management also said the animal had eaten 48 rocks.
The alligator was captured several days after it had taken a soccer ball and then spit it back. The gator was too large to relocate under state law.
None of the children were injured.
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