I'm David Ferrier and New Zealand are accidentally marooned in America and I want to figure out what makes this country tick.

Now as you may recall from the Bears episode of Flightless Bird, I discovered that America is very different to New Zealand and that it's filled to the brim with terrifying animals that can kill you.

Snakes, mountain lions, bears, we don't have any of that stuff back home.

So you can imagine my fear when I waded into Florida, home to 2,000

to 2,000 crocodiles and a whopping 1.25 million alligators.

There's also some tragic news tonight from Fort Pierce, Florida,

where an 85-year-old woman was killed in a rare alligator attack.

Florida started tracking alligator attacks in 1948. Since then, there have been over 400 and over two dozen deaths. Each year about eight people

get bitten by a gator in this state of Florida.

Near her home in a retirement community this afternoon, an 85 year old woman was walking her dog along the

water's edge. Horrified neighbors say the alligator suddenly sprung from the

water and dragged her back under. Of course, relative to the population of both people and big lizards,

attacks are rare.

But they're less rare than in New Zealand where we have exactly zero of them.

Florida is also the only place on the planet where you can find both

crocodiles and alligators coexisting in the wild, salt water and

freshwater coming together in a cacophony of scales, jaws and

gnashing teeth.

So, warm up that cold blood and get ready to get up close and personal

with one of Florida's favorite four-legged pissing residents,

because this is the alligators episode.

Flightless.

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