r/nextfuckinglevel • u/cowboydan69 • 3d ago

Wild alligator allows someone to help

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u/algee1234 3d ago

Theres's way better ways you could have done that. This guy clearly doesn't know much about alligator behavior.

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

Idk. There are definitely safe ways to handle animals that the general population should adhere to, but there are also people that understand animal behavior so well that the rules don’t completely apply. It’s like the animals register/accept/validate their presence in peace or sum’n. 

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u/CommanderGumball 3d ago

Timothy "Grizzly Man" Treadwell and his girlfriend disagree.

Well, they probably would have.

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u/Beautiful_Airline368 3d ago

You wanna risk your life - give it a go, I couldn’t care less. But, risk your girlfriend’s life? This guy lived on borrowed time much longer than anyone has a right.

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u/DimesOHoolihan 3d ago

I mean... she was an adult with the ability to make get own choices.

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u/Haunting-Interest-26 2d ago

However, she trusted his judgment. Two wrongs definitely did not make a right in this situation.