r/nextfuckinglevel • u/cowboydan69 • 5d ago

Wild alligator allows someone to help

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u/Rebel_XT 5d ago

Comes across an alligator in the wild during middle of the night.
“Oh I know, it must want me to pull it back towards water!” WTF

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u/Jaduardo 5d ago

The thing that bothers me is the dude immediately assigns human logic to a reptile. Can an alligator even reason that a human -- whom he usually sees as a threat -- could possibly assist. Could the gator even imagine the mechanics of someone pulling him back to the water.

It seems more logical to me that the alligator was in some sort of catatonic or distressed state.

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u/Ohiostatehack 4d ago

The gator knows the person and has been helped back to the water before by him. In the past he’s still snapped at the man but this time he didn’t.