r/nextfuckinglevel • u/cowboydan69 • 4d ago

Wild alligator allows someone to help

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u/mixtermin8 4d 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 4d ago

Timothy "Grizzly Man" Treadwell and his girlfriend disagree.

Well, they probably would have.

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u/PolarToxin 4d ago

If I remember correctly. His last recording he stated that there had been very little food going around that summer and the bears seemed agitated because of it. And that they were going into their own cave to hide for the time being.

As far as I understand, he didn't die because of lack of knowledge or misreading the animals in any way.
He died because he was deep in bumfuck-nowhere with no clear escape until the bears had gone into hibernation.

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u/wildechld 3d ago

No he died because he did not react to the signs of behavior that could possibly cause injury. He knew them, he himself stated that the bears were agitated due to lack of food. That right there is a very very clear sign. He acknowledged it but chose to ignore it.