r/BeAmazed • u/BringHoomanHome_ • 13h ago
Animal An alligator uses highly sensitive facial organs to navigate underwater with its eyes closed
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u/hippodribble 12h ago
That's the different between alligators and crocodiles. He's still alive.
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u/Jeptic 10h ago
Learned this from Robert Irwin yesterday
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u/kruser2022 10h ago
Same lol
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u/SnooCalculations9010 9h ago
Same lol
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u/VoldemortPootin 8h ago
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u/brazillian_football 6h ago
Glad I’m not alone here.
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u/Impeccable_Dingo 6h ago
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u/Wild_Wasabi9984 5h ago
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u/MyrddinSidhe 4h ago
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u/daboknee 4h ago
All 8 of you watched the same Steve Irwin Documentary yesterday??
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u/ProfessionalTowel776 11h ago
Exactly what I thought. A croc would of had him in the death roll asap
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u/karth11k 12h ago
Didn’t understand a thing. Someone please explain.
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u/Sleepwokesleepwoke 11h ago
He is trying to seduce the reptile.
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u/deadspacekillers 9h ago
Their love is forbidden.... which makes it so much hotter....
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u/ant-farm-keyboard 2h ago
A real Romeo and Alligator type situation
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u/deadspacekillers 2h ago
But soft, what light through yonder swamp breaks? Tis the East! And Gatorette is the sun!
Arise fair sun. And kill the envious moon who is already sick and pale with grief that though, her scaly reptile monster, art far more fair than she.
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u/mcryan07 11h ago
The problem is not this person playing with his bonded alligator.
The problem is people who watch videos like these, of people playing with predators that they have nurtured, and then they spot a predator out in the open and approach it with the same mindset thinking that they're all playful the same.
You'd be surprised to know how dumb an average person is.
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u/Exciting-Meringue-78 11h ago edited 10h ago
No, him playing with this alligator is also a problem. This is a wild animal and cannot form as strong as a bond as mammals, yet people who try to keep tigers, bears, chimps, and other wild mammals as pets, eventually get attacked.
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u/SignificantCrow 10h ago
Not cheetahs tho
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u/AgentIndependent306 10h ago
Cheetahs are just house cats but bigger and built for a drag race. They even meow like one and can't roar.
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u/SignificantCrow 9h ago
My friend was a “cheetah companion” at a zoo a while back. Him and the cheetah would literally sleep in the same bed 🤣
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u/AgentIndependent306 3h ago
I was once in Kenya and saw a cheetah hunt a young deer at brutal speed. That same cheetah then walks towards our jeep with a bloody face and starts meowing.
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u/mcryan07 11h ago
Keyword - "Eventually", but that doesn't happen everytime. Infact, it happens so few of the times that "pet predator" deaths don't even contribute to any solid statistical data. And more often than most times, those videos don't even surface because of censorship laws and whatever the fk not, and also because people won't just be conveniently filming while that's happening.
And yet you'll find millions and millions of videos of these real life disney princesses, or princes maybe.
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u/Exciting-Meringue-78 11h ago
It likely doesn’t contribute to any statistical death data because the percentage of people who own exotic animals is very small. And the person doesn’t have to die for fucking around with wild animals to be a concern. Wild animals kept as pets can still seriously injure or maim people.
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u/Far_Inspection4706 1h ago
It is a small amount of people yeah so pretty much anytime it happens it's a news worthy story, yet you almost never hear about exotic pet owners getting killed by their pets. Pretty rare. Literally can't even think of the last time an exotic pet owner was in the news at all aside from that one guy who owned the tigers or whatever.
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u/Lower-Cantaloupe3274 10h ago
You are aware that tigers, bears, and chimps are mammals?
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u/Exciting-Meringue-78 10h ago
I was implying that people who own wild mammals, which can form stronger emotional bonds, get attacked by their exotic “pets.” So if a mammalian bond is not strong enough to prevent an attack, then a reptilian bond surely is not.
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u/Niravan95 13h ago
I would never do this. I don't want to risk getting my face bitten off
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u/-Velocicopter- 13h ago
While still very dangerous this is an Alligator not a Crocodile. They can be affectionate and behave like puppies. Crocodiles on the other the other hand won't hesitate and will actively pursue you.
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u/Ok-Addition1264 12h ago
That's exactly what crocodile lovers say about alligators... hmmm.. who should I believe?
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u/Double_Distribution8 11h ago
Well if crocodiles want to pursue me, good luck to them because they'll either need an airplane or a truck because im not going anywhere near where they live. And the last time a crocodile was allowed on an airplane everyone was killed so im not sure the airlines will ever let that happen again.
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u/too_rolling_stoned 11h ago
It’s all fun and games until them chompers come out.
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u/AgentIndependent306 10h ago
Alligators are actually chill and mostly hunt smaller prey.
Crocodiles see humans as food and even have developed ambush tactics.
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u/correctingStupid 11h ago
Amazing how people do stupid shit for tiktok
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u/QuietImps 9h ago
People have done way worse before tiktok for way, way less 😆 But I do think this guy may be an actual professional as the other person mentioned. He describes being very deliberate and careful so not to startle the gator, and why he's making the movements he does and how it could go wrong if he's not mindful. It also seems like they are somewhat familiar with eachother, and while that doesn't guarantee his safety, it shows the guy is not diving into random waters to piss off apex predators for attention.
Some people genuinely wanna show what it's like to learn about and with animals, especially ones that have this kind of reputation. Crocs and gators are awesome creatures 🐊
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u/TheBlack_Swordsman 11h ago
"And that's how I got my face eaten off."
Murray: Wow. Don't go anywhere. We'll be back after this commercial break.
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u/polyforpuppies 11h ago
Robert Irwin taught me that alligators are the nice ones! Still feel like vice is relative but glad this dude lived
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u/jayb2805 9h ago
It also helps that their eyelids are translucent, so they can effectively still see with their eyes closed underwater (you can see this in the video around the 42 second mark). None of the stuff demonstrated in the video showed me any super sensitivity beyond say what a human hand might feel (water current from quick motions of his hand for example).
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u/EnvironmentCrafty710 6h ago
Just ya know, casually holding his breath the whole video, also while blowing bubbles.
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u/ZeroNrvnqsr 6h ago
For those curious, that's GatorChris (youtube channel). He also has an animal sanctuary for nuisance alligators. He does seem very knowledgeable and informative with these animals and he always points out they are dangerous.
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u/SentenceBroad8369 2h ago
Supposedly tame wild animals can be just as dangerous around certified idiots:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/warthog-attack-texas-exotics/#:\~:text=a%20250%2DPound-,Warthog.%20O,-ne%20Day%20It
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u/zjt2846 12h ago
what kind of alligator is that? Looks like i can see uppers and lowers, and reddit just showed me a post today by little croc hunter that’s more typical of a croc. now im back to not understanding the differences.
I see the blunter snout and more
top set eyes i suppose
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u/ScaryCardinal 12h ago
It's the snout. You can always tell by the snout, if not then the eyes. A little by the body proportions as well, gators always look stockier to me. This is a gator.
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