lol
I always see travel posts and pics from people visiting Florida and they’re, like, kayaking and swimming in lakes and springs - Wekiva, Crystal River, what-have-you … and I’m like, nope, nope, nope-ity nope. You’ll never get me in a body of fresh water in that state.
My parents had a pond at their place in Central Florida and I can’t tell you how many times we had to call wildlife control to fish out a gator and take it away.
And my cat died from a water moccasin bite, so…
Florida is not all palm trees and gorgeous beaches.
(I will point out that gators do in fact go in salt water occasionally, especially brackish lagoons like the Intracoastal. Something to do with cleaning out their system, I recall hearing.)