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Pack of Dogs Rip Apart Alligator: Warning -- Not For the Squeamish!

Dogs and Alligator


Surprise! This one is great for everyone who needs a quick pick-me-up … I challenge anyone to NOT smile when they see this photo!

I also love it because it’s a not-so-subtle reminder to always look past the obvious. If you simply take things at face value, you may miss out on what the message is really all about!

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Robubba
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The school computer blocked this for being inappropriate
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"David"
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Amazing picture!!
...I have never seen a Chihuahua get so annoyed as to manage that...truly amazing :0)
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samurai
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See the original image at i25.tinypic.com For those who could not see this.
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Christopher Gussa "The Herb Doc"
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Thanks! Qute!
  
  
curlilox
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These dogs are vicious!
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bear342a
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Hehehehehe!!  I approached this page very slowly and cautiously!   Sooooo cute!!  Thanks!!  

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Amicus Curiae1
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i showed my 5 furry children this..they hooooowled with laughter. good one doc!

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EQ
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My dad sent me this one a year ago right after I had visited the FL everglades.  It is still very cute.  ;-)
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Dquixote1217
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LOL - that was great!  I just love animal photos, especially ones that make you smile or inspire in some way.  Hope you don't mind these:

www.tbyil.com/Shetland-Dog.htm

www.tbyil.com/peace2008.htm

www.tbyil.com/Friends.htm

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Keikukaren
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Thanks for the picture!  I, too, was afraid of what I might see, but was too curious not to check it out!  Now I'm all warm and fuzzy

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alm260
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I needed a laugh today and that was hilarious!

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isabelle
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Dr. Mercola! I was scared to look at it...but curiosity and you got me!

Very cute!! nice perk on a rainy gloomy gray day!!

Isabelle

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lutrie19
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My dogs have ripped apart a squirrel, raccoon, alligator, goose, rabbit, cat, monkey and even a clown.  Yes, they are fierce little corgis, and I love them to death.  I would not take a photo of their actions and post it on the web!  Too gruesome!  I try to keep the fate of these poor creatures secret from them when they arrive at our home. :)

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Magnolia
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I just knew Dr. M would never show us anything inappropriate! Thanks Doc, for tickling my funnybone!

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Donashrt
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Many years ago I acquired a "wild" dog.  This was a dog that had been running with a pack of wild animals up in the mountain areas of Palm Springs.  I brought this dog home and thought I had it under control.  It attacked my white pillow which I thought was funny,  I didn't realize that it didn't know the pillow was a pillow.  One evening(about a week later) I came home after a day at work and found my tiny kitten "Smidgen" dead.  Smidgen was a Siamese kitten (white) and I had not realized that the dog was attacking the pillow and thinking it was a real living creature.  It broke my heart.  Long story short, I believed in the dog (Che Cherie) and kept her despite what she had done and she turned out to be a beautiful, gentle, sweet dog.  But I made a terrible mistake thinking that her attacking a pillow was funny and it cost me the life of a beautiful little cat.  

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Kaelisabeth
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Wow! Totally Psyched me out! I wasn't gonna check this link, but I decided that if I just scroll down before the picture loads, and just read about it, I'll be good.

..."SURPRISE!"

...good night! Thanks for the psych out!

...unfortunately, I can't find the laughter:) But a smile beamed across my face when I saw the cute little puppies!

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Tina3
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OMG!!! I love this. Thank you:)

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WHEW....! You got me ;)

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LadyPam
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Ok, bracing self for a flood of negative points from the ill-wishers I clearly have acquired at this site. I did not laugh, or even smile, when I saw the picture. Yes, it's cute. Yes, it was a slight surprise. Nothing wrong with it, certainly; very cute, very pleasing to look at and all that.

Perhaps it's because I always DO look past the obvious that I am not easily surprised. Perhaps that's also the reason that I seldom smile.

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Lady Pam,

I'm not giving you any negative points, but I do suggest that you find some hilarious comedies to watch.  Laughter is the best medicine for the soul, spiritm, and body, and is very healing.
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LadyPam
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Curlilox, thanks for your response.  And thanks for the advice; it's very kind of you and so true that laughter is essential and very good for us.  Humour is essential to stay even remotely sane in today's world.

I do watch hilarious comedies - a lot. I love them, they make me laugh (sometimes out loud) and I have a great sense of humour.

The only reasons I even posted this above were that the Good Doc said he challenged anyone not to smile at it (I didn't) and he mentioned looking past the obvious (which I do). But then, I'm strange.

The negative points thing is about a couple of people clearly bullying on here: especially in the recent comments to an article about genetic predisposition for happiness. Check back and it's obvious; every single time I said that something bad had happened to me - it doesn't make any sense at all! Doesn't really matter but it hurt a lot at the time. And since then, someone is continuing to 'ding' me no matter what I say: agreeing or disagreeing, offering carefully considered advice or sympathising, even when I compliment someone who's been given lots of points for saying something: a one-line "You're so right" response from me is shot down. It's too obvious: someone's targeting me and it's cost me my 'Apprentice' (yellow) status. That does irritate me a bit, as a student nutritionist; I have tried to help a lot and contributed a lot on here. Who knows why: to punish me for being depressed? To punish me for saying EFT hasn't helped although I've tried very hard with it (and still do)? To punish me for being poor at the moment? Maybe it's just an animal thing, destroying the weak & injured, or maybe that other user was right when he said my intellect was wasted in here. But never mind. Despite the bullies, I shall continue to follow my own creed of trying to help others and trying not to judge and condemn.

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LadyPam
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