Beauty and the beast. (Short Stuff).You know that show Crocodile crocodile, large, carnivorous reptile of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water. They have flattened bodies and tails, short legs, and powerful jaws. Hunter? Well, Babs BABS British Association of Barbershop Singers BABS Blind Approach Beacon System BABS Brinks' ATM Balancing System BABS Base Automated Budget System BABS Born Again Bikers (UK) BABS Black Alloy Bastard Sword Steorts can totally relate. That's because she's the first-ever female to work in the Gator Wrestlin' Arena at Gatorland in Orlando, Fla. A typical day on the job for Babs goes something like this: She stands in the sand-filled wrestling wrestling, sport in which two unarmed opponents grapple with one another. The object is to secure a fall, i.e., cause the opponent to lose balance and fall to the floor, and ultimately to pin the supine opponent's shoulders to the floor, through the use of body pit, while an audience watches from the bleachers. Surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the sand pit is a water-filled "moat" with about a dozen alligators. Babs jumps in, grabs an 8-foot, 250-pound gator (who has, oh, 82 razor-sharp teeth) by the tail and pulls him onto the sand. She struggles, the gator resists but, soon, Babs is straddling strad·dle v. strad·dled, strad·dling, strad·dles v.tr. 1. a. To stand or sit with a leg on each side of; bestride: straddle a horse. b. the beast and has him in a snout-hold. "You'd be surprised what a person in Florida will do for minimum wage," Babs jokes. But, seriously, it took the Fairmount State grad six months to complete her gator-wrestling training. "I've learned that I can accomplish anything I put my mind to," she says. "I was determined to be the first female gator wrestler." Anyone up to becoming the second female gator wrestler? Next! For more info about Gatorland, go to www.gatorland.com 
As long as she doesn't say she was the 'first ever' lady gator wrestler. I don't know if I was the first, but I did it at South Florida attractions & a film called 'The Alligator Book: Bizarre Tales from the Edge of the Wilderness' back in the 90's...even if I wasn't the first, I was definitely the prettiest ; ) |
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