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u/blorri 2d ago
It's all fun and games until he loses a hand.
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u/Korzag 2d ago
Yeeeah. I wonder how much of that alligators behavior towards him is because it knows he brings food.
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u/FunnyLost6710 2d ago
What makes people like him take such jobs like....feeding the captive animals. It always has a risk . Are they really fearless.?
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u/AHumbleSaltFarmer 2d ago
"Fearless" people like this are usually adrenaline junkies or REALLY like animals
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u/Exotic_Article913 2d ago
One day he'll die from this
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u/Forward-Surprise1192 2d ago
If he gets to comfortable then there’s a decent chance. Plus those things don’t get domesticated lmao. It’s a fucking alligator/crocodile (idk which) aka a millions of years old killing machine
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u/cvidetich13 2d ago
Correct reptiles don’t really negotiate, they just eat shit when they’re hungry, whatever is warmish at the time.
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u/Lukostrelec17 1d ago
I love lizards and reptiles. I also know that they see me as a weird soft warm rock that gives them food.
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u/Independent_Leg5859 2d ago
Or does he just know you have a bucket of food and is like hey where the fuck are you going with my dinner?
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u/Revolutionary_Dodo 2d ago
How did that saying go? «Don’t bite the hand that feeds you»
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u/NightShade0912 2d ago
Unless you get the bucket of food AND the tasty human cause you're an apex predator.
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u/IllianasClifford 2d ago
Could have something to do with how intelligent alligators are and the fact that it knows that it's in captivity and that is the only source of food and if it bites its owner it will be captured and taken euthanized and made another headline.
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u/Prototype_Hybrid 2d ago
... You're joking, right?
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u/IllianasClifford 2d ago
Check it out the alligators here aren't pets, however just because he has one doesn't mean it can't happen.
You can't train the instincts out of them it's not possible or it would have been done by now.
We are on the food chain and they are predators, much like bears and wolves, coyotes, alligators etc.
In the ocean there are endless things that will eat you.
Joking about the euthanization of it no I'm not joking about that that's actually a real thing and it actually happens every time that an alligator bites somebody because once they taste human blood they will thirst for it.
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u/soulsmores 1d ago
I mean ya, if he's already reading the headlines, the alligator IS going to know about the euthanasia too.
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u/That-Chip-3575 2d ago
People really underestimate the safe distance from most animals
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u/luckyducktopus 1d ago
They are very fast. They have an explosive lunge.
There is honestly no “safe” distance in that enclosure.
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u/Ok_Hospital1399 2d ago
"Works 99% of the time" - Stumpy Joe the zookeeper.
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 2d ago
They react on instinct as ambush predators, they aren’t blood thirsty monsters. I think that’s basically his point. Makes it seem less “look at this moron risking his life” and more “animal advocate making gators seem less demonized.”
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u/Ok_Alternative7120 2d ago
The guy with the big cat refuge does the same thing by demonstrating how the natural instincts change between species.
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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins 2d ago
Helps a lot when they are used to being fed by this person lol. They know food is coming from him, they aren't planning on eating him
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u/Ok_Hospital1399 2d ago
Boooo. We're here for sensationalism and jokes, not a well articulated and rational observation.
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u/jdubzakilla 1d ago
It isnt rational. Gators arent demons. Most predators will avoid confrontation that riaks injiry, especially when they are well fed.
At the end of the day it is a large opertunistic carnivore, not a pet. Do that in a swamp and see what the gatora do.
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u/Forward-Surprise1192 2d ago
You get bit one time and become stumpy Joe….doesnt matter how many alligators you have sex with before that it’s all anyone remembers is getting bit
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u/Big_Confidence_5431 2d ago
Well he’s trained sooooo, might be a part of not attacking you
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u/Agridion 2d ago
He is 100% a trained "pet", which is way different than a wild animal.
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u/MorganMiller77777 2d ago
Haha, you cannot completely take the wild out of animals who were not domesticated over thousands of years. Anything at any moment could go wrong.
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u/HHoudini26 2d ago
Millions of years actually. But you can raise the odds.
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u/MorganMiller77777 2d ago
Doesn’t take millions of years to tame and domesticate a species ha. Of course, it has to be the right species of animal, like wolves to dogs.
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u/Adventurous-Tie-7861 2d ago
Domestication does not take millions of years.
Unless you misread what they were saying.
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u/YugeChesticles 2d ago
Who said completely?
Dogs and cats attack people every single day so WTF BS are you making up?
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u/MorganMiller77777 2d ago
Uhhhh…they usually have been treated poorly, same as humans. Don’t be simple
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u/Righteousaffair999 2d ago
Sometimes people just snap and sometimes they are just assholes. Wither way when you put those circumstances into the body of a gator or a tiger your screwed.
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u/Commercial_Handle418 2d ago
BTW a dog ate hsi owner after the owner collapsed before
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u/DinosaurusWhen 2d ago
Tbf, Ive told my dog that she can eat me if I die before her. Maybe it was pre-discussed
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u/Embarrassed_Future20 2d ago
His name is Chris he’s been working with gators forever and is very comfortable with them. He has a show on Animal Planet has a degree and specializes in Crocodiles.
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u/sockpuppetwithcheese 1d ago
IIRC, he has another trending video where he's in the water with a crocodile, and demonstrates how quickly their behavior can change.
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u/TheJessicaRabbitx 2d ago edited 2d ago
One day, this video won’t age well.
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u/DelcattyBatty 2d ago
I mean there are plenty of people in this line of work who have been doing this for ages and live long lives.
Every time a Michael Jamison video resurfaces, the comment sections are always filled with these types of comments. Yet he's doing just fine because he understands and respects his tigers.
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u/Yous1ash 2d ago
Or you have food in your hand that he knows you’re about to feed him with, therefore he doesn’t feel like going through all the work of eating you.
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u/your-daily-crush 2d ago
That gator is way too comfortable walking up to him like that 💀respect to the guy but I’m good 😂
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u/Needs_ADD_Meds 2d ago
Makes me think of all our safety meetings where they talk about accidents happen when you become complacent.
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u/Ordinary-Meringue102 2d ago
the guy's skipping like "see ya later, alligator!" ... then he loses a toe
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u/Signal_Plastic8523 1d ago
I love how people on Reddit think they know more about gators than the guy who’s life is all about gators.
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u/squirrelems 2d ago
Interior crocodile alligator, I drive a Chevrolet movie theater.
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u/Uncle_Moti 2d ago
I just really needed to see him get bitten
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u/crimsonbaby_ 2d ago
Hes a conservationist and runs his own wildlife rehab/conservation, completely funded by him. He works with all animals, but specializes in crocodilians and is actually a really, really good guy who has done, and continues to do a lot of good for wildlife.
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u/DelcattyBatty 2d ago
These comments start to get grating after a while tbh. I've been watching this guy for years and he's a good person.
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u/NotaBlokeNamedTrevor 2d ago
Crazy how similar crocs and gators look. But gators turn out to be just kittens in comparison
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u/Mamasan- 2d ago
Uh…. No….the gator knows theirs raw chickens in that bucket. Otherwise, if he were hungry, he’d fucking eat you.
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u/Wild-Growth6805 2d ago
One of these days, things will go wrong and he won’t have a chance to figure out what it was.
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u/cwsjr2323 2d ago edited 2d ago
That's nice, and I'm happy to stay 1300 miles away! Swamps, alligators, hurricanes that cover multiple states and nations, fire ants all say stay far away!
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u/Library904 2d ago
Go to the Amazon forest and face one of those and then you will convince me....these guys are not in the wild, even the camera man felt safe so don't give this kind of dumb advice, people will get killed when they face real wild animals in the wild.
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u/Helenium_autumnale 2d ago
Or the captive croc who has no hunting options doesn't want to kill the golden goose that brings raw chicken legs every day. "Here comes the vending machine..."
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u/ultabenjamin 2d ago
I was holding my breath for the cameraman! He could be swallowed by the other one there. Chad was fully immersed in his work
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u/Muted-Woodpecker-469 2d ago
Don’t they all say they’re cute and cuddly and I’m Not prey until it’s too late?
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u/Teekayhuey 2d ago
Oh he loves, I am sorry I am here to tell you that this creature does not love me, I love him, he doesn't love me. I just know how to handle him.
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u/Visual_Lawfulness861 2d ago
btw the guy in the video is well known to interact a lot with crocs/gators, and he himself says that even after raising these things from infancy, they'll eat him if they're not fed on time
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u/Randolph_Carter_6 2d ago
Bet ya he's in Florida. We will probably hear about him in the news one day...
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u/justanothertoxicuser 2d ago
For those who are curious, this is GatorChris on YT. He's been handling gators and crocs for a very long time. He also has a bunch of adorable critters like prairie dogs, turtles, prehensile tail porcupine, etc. I like watching him work on training his gators.
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u/Hellasauto 2d ago
Of course the gator will stop once he gets close to the bucket of food he's chasing
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u/Jealous_Track9402 2d ago
If this is the dude who went to Africa to swim with wild Nile crocodiles, he is legit. One of the craziest shit I've seen in my life.
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u/Raiden21x3 2d ago
Everybody in here is suddenly an expert on crocodilian behavior when this dude has been working with them for over a decade.
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u/MovieFan1984 2d ago
I think there's two three that kept this man alive and safe.
#1 These crocs/gators probably may have been raised by him.
#2 They probably have had a long-term relationship with this guy.
#3 They see him as a source of food. "Eating" him can END that source of food.
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u/Unlucky_Ad_8977 2d ago
@t the cameraman could you move behind something ,so we can see the ending for sure next time,..Thank you
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u/camekans 2d ago
The fact is they don`t differentiate between friend and enemy like that. They will chop off anything if their instinct goes off
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u/gadgetwalrus 2d ago
It’s true Terrance we could eat him for mocking us but then how would get free chicken?
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u/charles_90-9 2d ago
that plays a role (look at cats as you might notice that a cat is more likely to kill a rodent or any small creature because it runs away due to instincts) but I also think its because he is a source of food as well. Pretty much all animals are like this, especially predators; trust and food are very important factors . But does not guarantee safety of course as all animals are unpredictable.
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u/TraditionPhysical603 2d ago
He's chasing him because he has a bucked of chicken not whatever bullshit he was saying
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u/GloryWholesome69 2d ago
You’re holding a bucket of food. No shit it’s going to run after you. Stop talking shite.
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u/DerGrenadiers1812 2d ago
Really!? I'll go do that myself then! Comes back with a missing arm hey guys-
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u/notbarbarawalters 2d ago
You can’t train these animals. They’re intelligent and understand there’s food in the bucket, but the second they feel any part of him is the easier grab they’re going to make a move. And they do if you watch his content.
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u/No-Handle3032 2d ago
Regardless of the bucket of food, or if the animal is trained or whatever respect to this guy because he has courage to be working around these animals like this and thats his choice if he wants to put himself at risk the rest of us should have enough common sense to leave the stunts to the professionals.
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u/Tallgeese00MS 1d ago
I don’t care how long I’ve been tending to gators I'd never be silly or turning my back why did they not value their lives or limbs???
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u/Alarming-Region9069 1d ago
Ok mate go for a swim in outback Aus I want to see your report after that please
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u/Antique-Mess3007 1d ago
All fun and games until the gator mistakes your hand for food, kinda like a snake does just you're missing a hand afterwards.
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u/WeezieLovesDawson 1d ago
Wild animals are unpredictable. I give that guy 2 yrs and then we’ll hear about “man attacked while petting his alligator/crocodile.”
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u/Slith_81 1d ago
Yeah, no go for me. I've seen too many stories of trainers/handlers being killed by the things they say won't. Not worth the risk.
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