I laugh when people think I should be scared of the alligators around here. Only time I've seen them, they were hauling ass away from me. :)
No, not going to redneck into a lake full of 'em, but they're mostly wussies, like most other wild animals.
Crocodiles? When I first took my Filipino wife kayaking on the local swamp, "Are the crocodiles here?" "Nah, no crocodiles."
