An alligator is swimming in a Texas lake with a knife in its head

Best alligator for metal?

 

Who says the hand holding the knife didn't get drowned and eaten?

 

Gators don't eat people, we are not on their menu, same as sharks. Yep, they will occasionally take a bite out of a human who gets in their way but they always take one bite, spit it out and say "Yuck", that was a mistake . Gators have been on this planet for hundreds of millions of year, humans about 200,000 years. We are neither prey nor predator to them. We just don't even register on their radar. Hatred of humans has not had enough time to evolve. There has only been about 21 deaths from gators in the US since 2000.

List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States - Wikipedia

And the back of my RV is parked about 15 feet from a lagoon here in Florida that I occasionally see gators cruising around in. I have been in this park for six years. Never bothers me at all. However I won't let my cats out, but they were indoor cats anyway.

 

I don't want to wrestle one either. They can run 35 mph so I steer clear.

 

I'm not sure if gators can do it, but I remember reading awhile back that some population - subspecies? - of crocodile somewhere in the world, has learned how to climb trees.

I spent most of 1997 - 2016 working in the bush here in BC, and I always figured it would be a pretty pants-wetting experience to be pursued up a tree by a grizzly, or even a black bear. But a CROCODILE...I think more than just pee would be going into my pants...

 

I don't know about trees, but chain link fence is not a problem.

 

I'm terrified of gators and crocodiles (not that I have ever been near one in real life), but at the same time, I find them truly impressive in terms of sheer hardiness.

As I understand it, they survived the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs...and I think I recently saw a pic from some place like Georgia or one of the Carolinas, where temps dipped well below normal, to the point that ponds/swamps were freezing over, so the gators were in a state of what's called 'brumation', which is similar to hibernation, where just their snouts were poking up out of the ice and the gators basically just chilling (you see what I did there) as they awaited the thaw...crazy...

 

There have recently been alligators found in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

PITTSBURGH GATORS: 3 alligators found in Pittsburgh heading south to wildlife park

 

I hope the local wildlife experts were able to help the gator out and remove the knife. Poor guy.

 

Agreed...as tough as it probably is, I doubt that poor ol' gator is comfortable going around with a knife in its head...

 

Heck... This guy was in my driveway.

 

Just think of the poor sap that has to explain to his wife why he needs a new knife.

Or the manufacturer of this knife will feature this in their next infomercial..."Strong enough to cut through an alligator's skull! Call now and we'll DOUBLE your order!"

 

Overheard:

whoever pulls the knife from the alligator's skull will be King of Texas.

 

That's a small lake in a gated community. Some a-hole did that.

 

Unfortunately, that is the only scenario that makes sense.

 

Brumation is what all reptiles in temperate areas do during the winter. Unlike hibernation, they are conscious and will drink water if they can. Traditionally, alligators were found as far north as the Dismal Swamp on the NC/VA border and as far west as the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma. Of course, they are found on the Gulf area from Florida to Texas. America does get crocodiles in South Florida (a few years back, one was spotted on the Texas Gulf Coast,) but they are really tropical critters that originated in the Caribbean. Unlike alligators that can swim in 45 degree (7Celsius) water and can brumate when it gets too cold, crocs are truly tropical and will die if they freeze.

 

Apparently you don't watch Swamp People.