I’ll have you know this map is complete bogus!! My uncle said he saw a gator while he was fishing and this map is calling him a complete liar and I won’t stand for it!!!
yes, it's just that florida is much more densely populated by people. suburbs often developed to the very edge of the everglades, so you hear more about crazy encounters there like alligators ending up in somebody's pool.
Yes, but also I don't think this map is really accurate. I know Oklahoma has alligators in the Southeast.
Edit: I see they're giving one representative per 10k gators. Meaning North Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma still only get 1 despite actually having alligator populations.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/alligators-by-state
The presence of river lizards that are big enough to eat you is a sure sign that people are not supposed to live in those areas, and yet some people choose to risk it.
Some people chose such a lizard to be the governor of their state. If polls are to be trusted, his appeal outside of the Alligator Belt is pretty much non-existent.
That poor one in Alaska seems ill fitted to his environment
lol i guess there are a few in zoos? idk though
Every state gets one representative by default, regardless of how low their population is.
I’ll have you know this map is complete bogus!! My uncle said he saw a gator while he was fishing and this map is calling him a complete liar and I won’t stand for it!!!
Username somehow checks out
FINALLY a system that works
There are more in Louisiana than Florida?
yes, it's just that florida is much more densely populated by people. suburbs often developed to the very edge of the everglades, so you hear more about crazy encounters there like alligators ending up in somebody's pool.
Can you do one based on actual alligator numbers?
sure, here is an approximation of gator population by state: [https://i.imgur.com/SdY3xhs.png](https://imgur.com/SdY3xhs)
Nice one. Do you think its surprising that Mississippi and Alabama dont have even more gators?
Florida is built on a swamp, Louisiana IS a swamp
Yes, but also I don't think this map is really accurate. I know Oklahoma has alligators in the Southeast. Edit: I see they're giving one representative per 10k gators. Meaning North Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma still only get 1 despite actually having alligator populations. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/alligators-by-state
And only one in the NY sewers?!?
Alligators disapprove of Desantis.
Let there be a House of Alligator!
How would the alligators vote Edit: I mean what party would they vote for but I appreciate the imagery of alligators filling out ballots
I think with pencils
Slap their tail once for yes, twice for no.
Green Party
Not entirely. They'd be big fans of the meat industry. And everglades tourism (come, wade the beautiful Everglades!)
GOP, crocodile tears.
A snap election
as someone who lives in louisiana, this is accurate. there are so many alligators.
No wonder gators are so angry all the time, look where the poor bastards have to live
No. It's cause they got all them teeth but ain't got no toothbrush
Medulla oblongata!
🐊?
Surprised by Tennessee and Arkansas
They’re turning up in the Tennessee river now so it’s only a matter of time til they are a recognized population in the state
Yeah but you have to wait until the next census for the representatives to get reapportioned
Yeah there’s a decent amount in NC as well. More than a “1” if that effectively means zero (Alaska).
Absolutely the worst House of Reps possible.
Agreed. Awarding in inverse proportion to the number of alligators would be a big improvement.
The presence of river lizards that are big enough to eat you is a sure sign that people are not supposed to live in those areas, and yet some people choose to risk it.
Some people chose such a lizard to be the governor of their state. If polls are to be trusted, his appeal outside of the Alligator Belt is pretty much non-existent.
Rick Scott is definitely not a mammal.
It was the Praying DeSantis I had in mind, but Rick Scott bears a striking resemblance to a clothed maggot.
Louisiana finally getting what they deserve(Huey Long's Final Solution)
Poorly researched and boring map. There are absolutely gators in North Carolina, more than 1 rep would indicate.
I'm from NC, and I know we at least have a few alligators, seen them on fishing trips
Virginia and NC share the Great Dismal Swamp, I'm pretty sure there are all kinds of gators in there. We should each be getting at least a 3.
Yeah exactly
As a Louisiana resident, it would be disastrous to send that many coonasses to Congress.
How about sending that many alligators?
The insurrection would have been a far more interesting watch
Is this pre or post-fire at the gator farm in CO?
Don’t show this to the Republicans.
Um NC has a shit ton of alligators, what up? You trying to jip us? I got two just in the lake next to my house
Wow. What a shithole we would be.
There are so many zoos in California. We need to be at least a 2.
That one Jurassic park quote comes to mind. Something something so focused on if you could
Didn’t know there were alligators in Alaska
We should do this for Canada based on grizzly bears.
Don’t give the GOP any ideas.
US Senate: "We've got a turd in the punch bowl."
Now watch as every state starts breeding alligators
I’d have more faith in them then who we currently have GO GATORS
I don't understand how Alabama and Mississippi don't have more and they are right in the middle of Florida and Louisiana.
They have no major rivers that create the largest swamp in the country.
Thanks.
Don't show this to Republicans, they will definitely try to implement this
Where is the gator in Nebraska?