A homeowner in Fulshear got an unexpected surprise while leaving for an early morning walk. What appeared to be a package on the porch turned out to be a large alligator.<\/p>\n
The animal was sitting outside the home, and when the man opened the screen door, he was greeted with a surprise that elevated his heart rate more than his planned walk.<\/p>\n
What happened?<\/p>\n
Police in Fulshear, Texas, responded to a call after a homeowner, who had assumed something had been delivered, struck an alligator with his screen door, according to AOL<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the department, a period of inclement weather could have explained why the reptile ended up at the house.<\/p>\n “With all the heavy rain we’ve been getting lately, it seems the gators are on the move,” police said in a statement. “This little fella decided to skip the swamp and upgrade to porch life this morning.”<\/p>\n Officers captured the alligator and moved it to a nearby pond.<\/p>\n Why does it matter?<\/p>\n Under slightly different circumstances, the encounter could have resulted in panic, injury, or harm to the human and animal.<\/p>\n Heavy rainfall can flood low-lying habitats and push wildlife toward higher, drier ground, often into neighborhoods built in or near wetlands.<\/p>\n In regions where alligators are native, porches, yards, and driveways may require extra care after storms. Relocation by trained responders is often the safest solution for everyone involved.<\/p>\n After major rain events, displaced wildlife may seek dry ground in the same places humans call home.<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips, smart advice, and a chance to earn $5,000 toward home upgrades. To see more stories like this one, change your Google preferences here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeowner in Fulshear got an unexpected surprise while leaving for an early morning walk. What appeared to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1022524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[282744,159779,70,282742,16,282743,15,1717],"class_list":["post-1022523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-early-morning-walk","tag-fulshear","tag-science","tag-screen-door","tag-uk","tag-unexpected-surprise","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116738796073542214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}