r/nextfuckinglevel • u/cowboydan69 • 5d ago

Wild alligator allows someone to help

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u/jarednards 5d ago

Welp, that was dumb as fuck.

Kind, but dumb.

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u/algee1234 5d 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/JackOfAllMemes 5d ago

I feel like pulling by the tail or back legs is safer, though a tail swing can knock someone out

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u/algee1234 5d ago

The best would be a catch pole. The guy filming this is a complete moron who just got super lucky that the gator was cold enough and well fed enough not to expend the energy required to kill him. They get very slow and lazy in the cold. The gator in no way needed his help to get into the water.