More on Gators

From a Colleage in Northern Minnesota:

“The big story a couple of months ago in our papers was and alligator attack; it cited 17 deaths since 1942 – my friends had to make a big deal out of it. I reminded them that in MN (and WI), there are on the average 48 deaths per year involving deer (car crashes, mostly, although we have a few drunk hunters that will shoot their comrades in the name of the deer). So, basically you are at 2,000 times more risk of being killed by a sweet doe-eyed deer than an alligator.” — DJ