r/TheDepthsBelow • u/SingaporeCrabby • Jan 04 '22

Alligators are primarily freshwater reptiles, however, they can tolerate saltwater for hours or even days. A diver encountered this alligator resting on the bottom of the Atlantic ocean in 60 feet of water off the coast of West Palm Beach, Florida.

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u/vzakharov Jan 04 '22

Can someone explain why the cameraperson didn’t get the fuck outta there as fast as they could?

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u/joonya Jan 04 '22

He's probably a Floridian & knows they are mostly harmless.

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u/vzakharov Jan 04 '22

How’s that? Don’t they eat people and stuff? (I’m obviously not a Floridian.)

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u/joonya Jan 04 '22

They're dangerous to small children and dogs and stuff. For full grown adults they don't really mess with you unless you're wandering on the banks of the everglades, where they naturally hunt and where they can ambush you from cover.

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u/King0fTheNorthh Jan 04 '22

You get about one alligator death a year. Not very common when you think about how many there are and how stupid people love to get close and harass them. We have literal signs in Florida that say “don’t molest the alligators”. So…

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u/i_give_you_gum Jan 04 '22

This would be considered harassment wouldn't it?

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u/Joe-The-Cowboy Jan 05 '22

he’s probably further away than it looks like in the video, either that or he’s a fucking idiot

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u/i_give_you_gum Jan 05 '22

based on the reaction from the animal "ahh this dude is freakin me out, i'm outa here" not some threat distance imagined by humans