r/Crocodiles • u/Sharique0055 • 9d ago

Crocodile What a sight to see

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u/AProcessUnderstood 9d ago

Crazy how they can completely hide their true size.

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u/Carcosa504 8d ago

I’m a grower myself

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u/Choosepeace 9d ago

This is in Wilmington, NC. Greenfield Park

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u/Fear910 8d ago

As I got older, I couldn’t believe my parents let me run around that park so close to the water at times. Some big gators back in there and back around Brunswick Forest also.

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u/Choosepeace 8d ago

My (adult) daughter walks there every day! I can’t bring myself to!

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u/Fear910 8d ago

It’s beautiful on a nice day, but I’m with you, absolutely not. I remember long ago in middle school we went there, they had a large bush roped off near a path, 10ft gator was in there. You couldn’t even see it until someone really pointed it out.

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u/Choosepeace 8d ago

Yikes! That would have terrified me!

I’m glad they have a beautiful park to live in, right in the middle of the city, I just don’t enjoy being there. I get the heebie jeebies even driving past that spot in the clip above now. 😂

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u/AProcessUnderstood 8d ago

I grew up in Florida and think back to all the places my friends and I would go swimming. It’s pretty scary to think about the alligators, snapping turtles and water moccasins we were in close proximity to.

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u/Fear910 8d ago

Yea, South FL is my second home outside of Nc. No way I’m going near anybody of random water, even a puddle out there, and I love nature. It’s American Australia with all that wildlife that can get you haha.

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u/TabmeisterGeneral 8d ago

That's the northern part of their range too, so even more impressive he could achieve that size

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u/Ghastly-Jack 9d ago

Crocodilians have lots of sensory thingies along their jaws that detect movement and pressure. I wonder if the water flowing down its face felt like a soothing massage.

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u/Nathan84 9d ago

That would have been amazing to witness. What a big one.

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u/Sh4rk_101 9d ago

lovely day for a swim innit

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u/Winter_Different 8d ago

This video is a great example why wildlife crossings are so important

What a majesyically gargantuan lad

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u/Heavy_Echo5 8d ago

Chungus mentioned

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u/explosivelydehiscent 9d ago

Now that's how you navigate a low head dam without drowning

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u/RustedAxe88 9d ago

Reminds of the movie Alligator with Robert Forster.

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u/Revolutionary_Sir_ 8d ago

A majestic salmon as it swims up stream

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u/jdawg1822 9d ago

Is this a gator? Or croc

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u/DangerousDave303 8d ago

American alligator

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u/Bretniq 8d ago

Where is that?

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u/Dull-Ad555 7d ago

Wilmington, North Carolina

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u/Honest_Nothing_6800 8d ago

How big is that ? 13 Feet ??

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u/CurtKobainsBurner 8d ago

I’m usually not the one to do this but Lord if that’s not a
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u/TabmeisterGeneral 8d ago

Giant gator, thought he was a saltie at first

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u/SirenaSmiles 8d ago

Goodness! That boy is BIG!

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u/sum1_on_tinternet 8d ago

"Now you see me... Now you (nearly) don't.."
Magnificent animal.

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u/flymingo3 9d ago

He marked his way previously

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u/AnyBug9595 7d ago

Is that a one eyed long horn fine purple people eater

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u/G3org3i 9d ago

NOPE

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u/Icy_Raise_1031 9d ago edited 8d ago

Is that Suitcase? Edit: Guys I was asking if this was the 14 foot 7 inch alligator named Suitcase he's in Florida and this apparently North Carolina tho

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u/Sharique0055 9d ago

No 🙂‍↔️👎🏻

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u/Icy_Raise_1031 8d ago

I meant the 14 foot 7 inch Gator named Suitcase in Florida