L.A.'S CELEBRITY ALLIGATOR NEEDS ANKLE BRACELET REGGIE CLIMBS 5-FOOT FENCE FOR AN UNAUTHORIZED STROLL.Byline: DONNA LITTLEJOHN Staff Writer It's cuffs and a celebrity ankle bracelet for Reggie. The famous gator The former name of the Claria Corporation (www.claria.com), which provides contextual ads to users. The Gator digital wallet, along with other client programs, are vehicles for analyzing a user's habits in order to target ads. See adware. went missing from his new enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. sometime overnight Tuesday. Maybe he couldn't sleep. Or perhaps he just missed all the freedom of having a 63-acre park and lake to roam in Harbor City. But somehow, Los Angeles' legendary gator, less than a week in his new home at the zoo, managed to scale a 5-foot-tall chain-link fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. the back corner of his pen, using it like a ladder to climb over and break out of his man-made habitat. The 6 1/2-foot, free-spirited alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. then took a little moonlight stroll, heading straight for the parking lot. "I think he was trying to find the 110 (Harbor Freeway) south," said Los Angeles Zoo Director John Lewis. Reggie was found Wednesday morning, basking in the sun next to a loading dock at the front of the zoo. By the afternoon, the gator, who put up a bit of a fuss at being manhandled, was back in his 40-by-60-foot fenced-in zoo habitat, this time under 24-hour surveillance. Piecing together the evidence -- namely the reptile's wet trail -- zoo workers deduced that after climbing over the fence the alligator headed southeast in a diagonal, 500-yard route over natural terrain. His walk did not apparently take him onto any public walkways or past any other exhibits. Other details of Reggie's escapade, however, remain shrouded shroud n. 1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet. 2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog. 3. a. in mystery. Zoo officials said he was last seen in his exhibit habit about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. When zookeepers arrived at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Reggie was gone. They drained his pool. Still no Reggie. Officials finally found "Finally Found" was the debut single from the Honeyz. This was their most successful single in the UK and worldwide, securing a number 4 position in the UK singles chart and achieved platinum status in Australia [1] Tracklisting # Title Length him around 10 a.m., near a loading dock by the zoo's education building -- but still behind the zoo's perimeter fence perimeter fence perimeter n → Umzäunung f . The zoo's 10 a.m. opening Wednesday was delayed for about 20 minutes while zoo officials gathered up the wayward way·ward adj. 1. Given to or marked by willful, often perverse deviation from what is desired, expected, or required in order to gratify one's own impulses or inclinations. See Synonyms at unruly. 2. gator and took him back to captivity. "He's quite a character," Lewis said, adding that Reggie's enclosure has been modified to prevent another escape. "I think he was just curious, and he found a spot he could negotiate," Lewis said. "It's been so hot lately, so that's great for reptiles reptiles terrestrial or aquatic vertebrates which breathe air through lungs and have a skin covering of horny scales. They are poikilothermic, oviparous or ovoviviparous, and, if they have legs they are short and constructed solely for crawling. . It charges them up. He wanted to take a cruise, and he did." While there have been occasional animal escapes at the zoo -- a 200-pound gorilla gorilla, an ape, Gorilla gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. It is the largest of the apes, the males reaching a height of 5 to 6 ft (150–190 cm) with a 9-ft (144–cm) arm spread. named Evelyn escaped twice from her exhibit in 1986 -- this is the first time an alligator has gotten out, zoo officials said. As word of the escape spread, news helicopters crowded the sky above the Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. facility, disturbing some of the zoo's other animals. Alligator expert Tim Williams of Florida's Gatorland said the reptiles have been known to escape, but it's rare. "Bless his heart," Williams said when he heard the news Wednesday. "He's just enjoying all this, isn't he? They do like to stroll." And, he said, "they're very good at climbing chain-link fences. "It takes them a little while, but they get their tail under them and then just flop over. If you have any square corner, they'll just go right over it." Williams figures Reggie, being new to the zoo, was just trying to check things out. "He doesn't know where he's at," Williams said. "He hasn't established this as his house. It's like any animal. If you put a dog in a new backyard, he goes all around, sniffing, checking things out. "Once (Reggie) settles in, he'll be fine." Reggie was abandoned when the alligator got too big for his former owner's San Pedro backyard. The alligator was loose in Machado Lake in Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park for nearly two years, eluding e·lude tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police. 2. several professional gator wranglers, including Williams. He was finally captured on May 24. Reggie's new habitat near the front of the zoo includes a 2-foot-deep pool with two waterfalls, some "shoreline" and overhangs to provide shade. "He's got a nice house," Williams said. "They acclimate pretty well." And if Reggie manages to escape again? "If he starts leaping tall fences in a single bound, we'll start calling him Reggie the Super Gator," Lewis said. donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com (310) 543-6696 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Reggie the alligator was found Wednesday wandering outside his new home at the Los Angeles Zoo. Sean Hiller/Staff Photographer |
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