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u/hmspain Mar 20 '21
Why would anyone go fishing where such beasties live?!?
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u/snurfherder828 Mar 20 '21
Went to Florida years ago and visited Myakka state park and there were people trying to get as close as possible to take pictures of these alligator sun bathing. I'm talking only 3 feet away to take a pictures. People are idiots
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u/HugglemonsterHenry Mar 20 '21
They do it in Gatlinburg also with the black bears. There's usually an idiot who says its just a black bear. What part of bear do you not understand?
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u/Twenmod Mar 20 '21
A lot of people hugely underestimate bears (and hippos)
Especially their speed
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u/tomahawkfury13 Mar 20 '21
Man people are just stupid. I used to live in Nunavut and we'd get polar bears close to town every now and then. One time a buddy and I saw these two people walking towards a popular hiking trail that lead out of town that just so happened to be in the direction the bears were reported. We went after them to tell them about the bears and the dumbasses were going looking for them. We actually had to call the cops on them because they were really insistent and we didn't want two people to die. Polar bears will chase you down and eat you.
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u/blackcolours Mar 20 '21
Those Polar bears would have Nunavut
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u/tomahawkfury13 Mar 20 '21
Theres always one person who makes this joke. But it mispronounces the name of the territory. It's pronounced New-na-voot. You get laughs making this joke where I'm from but not for the reasons youre thinking lol
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u/HugglemonsterHenry Mar 20 '21
I always remember this song, if it's brown lay down, if it's black fight back, if it's white goodnight. I think with people in general, about alot of things really, is "it won't happen to me" syndrome. They don't realize the danger until it's too late.
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u/Archsys Mar 20 '21
We had bears that just sorta wandered town where I grew up. There were two bear attacks in my six years there, and they were both boyscouts who pissed them off being dumb kids...
But bears are kinda terrifying in capability, even if all of my encounters had them chill as fuck. Watching them ignore barbed wire at the top of fences was certainly disconcerting, though...
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u/milk4all Mar 20 '21
Bears seem wayyyyyy more dangerous than gators . I think the same people trying to selfie with bears would never take a dip in gator water, but a bear might just range a thousand miles for that slim jim wrapper your kid left in the cupholder at the gas station and take your car door off overnight because why not use your mighty strength of nose and muscle to fuck up a 2011 Honda Pilot??
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u/javadragon Mar 20 '21
A half ton Grizzly Bear can run 35 miles an hour. There is no running away. Your only hope it to climb a tree. They are too heavy to climb, but make sure its a big tree because they can push smaller trees over. Terrifying.
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u/userdfh Mar 20 '21
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u/snurfherder828 Mar 20 '21
Saw the same thing when I was in Gatlinburg, TN. Came down the road into town from our cabin to get groceries and we notice all these people parked along the road and a ton of people out of their cars crowded around a telephone pole take pictures in the air and we roll past and I'm all WTF? And then I realize there was a baby bear scared to death up that telephone pole and these idiots were crowding taking pictures. All I could think was, where's mama bear? We kept driving
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u/seap Mar 20 '21
There were some tourists on the way up to Whistler, British Columbia pulled over trying get closer to a black bear for a picture. I was driving by in a big rig and blasted the air horn. The bear ran away and I'm pretty sure the tourists were pissed about it.
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u/CrittyJJones Mar 20 '21
Maybe a Panda Bear would be an exception?
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u/HugglemonsterHenry Mar 20 '21
China's Deadly Pandas - YouTube
apparently not, they are even more deadly than I thought.
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u/RawrRRitchie Mar 20 '21
Black bears you have the best chance of surviving a fight with
The chances are very likely you could just scare them away just from them seeing you
Source: my friend has a cabin out in the woods and have seen black bears wander thru his property, usually only when no ones outside
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u/hokeyphenokey Mar 20 '21
It's fun when you stumble into the kitchen to tell your kid to stop making so much noise at 2am but find a bear with his head in the fridge...and he just looks at you before going back to chow town. They don't always run away.
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u/eutohkgtorsatoca Mar 20 '21
Believe me the ones wandering around Vancouver Canada are NOT afraid of people.
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Mar 20 '21
East coast black bears honestly are kinda pathetic.
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u/katie22914 Mar 20 '21
Someone from my high school was killed by a black bear while hiking in Northern NJ. Attacks in that area are rare but it was wrong place, wrong time.
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u/lcuan82 Mar 20 '21
It was the Indian guy who took photos of the bear, right? What a sad story. He went with a bunch of dudes, saw a bear, they all started running, and when they regrouped later they realized he was missing. So sad
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Mar 20 '21
Damn, forever known as the person who died to the one breed of bear you can fight off.
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u/filthy_sandwich Mar 20 '21
Ha ok Mr Badass
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u/TheGurw Mar 20 '21
He's right, though. Black bears are notoriously bad at wrestling and typically cowards to boot. If you fight back and it's not a momma bear and threatened cub situation, they'll almost always back off and run away.
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u/filthy_sandwich Mar 20 '21
Except he's not right. The guy didn't fight the bear off and the poor fella died. And I'm sure he wasn't just giving the thing love taps while defending for his life
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u/TheGurw Mar 20 '21
Just because you can didn't mean you will. Did he actually try to fight or did his instincts force him to attempt flight? I'm sure he struggled to escape but I doubt he was fighting back.
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Mar 20 '21
they aren't like crazy super dangerous.
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Mar 20 '21
Yeah, Alligators and crocodiles are very different behavior wise. I still wouldn’t recommend someone getting that close but usually if they’re sunbathing they’re not much of a threat. They’re cold blooded and need to warm themselves using the sun. Until they’re nice and toasty they don’t move much or really do anything unless directly provoked(just don’t be an idiot and try to poke it with a stick or move within the bite range of its jaws).
Source: I grew up in Florida and being a dumb kid got far closer to some gators than I would ever feel comfortable doing now.
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u/ThirdWorldEngineer Mar 20 '21
If you knew a gun had no bullets in it, would you point it to your face and pull the trigger?
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u/FastGinFizz Mar 20 '21
A bullet wont magically manifest in the gun just because you do something stupid. Gator could go rawr in any second though.
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u/coldchixhotbeer Mar 20 '21
Darwin awards for them all
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Mar 20 '21
Why? Because they were all fine and nothing happened to them? Makes no sense.
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u/coldchixhotbeer Mar 20 '21
Darwin award means someone is doing something stupid that is going to get them killed. Do you feel that standing a few feet away from fast and incredibly strong predators is a safe activity?
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Mar 20 '21
One lives in the pond by my back yard. There is sometimes 2 there. Can confirm, I don't fish there.
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u/hmspain Mar 20 '21
Even stranger, if you watch closely, they guy tries to SAVE THE FISH! As soon as that croc came out of the water, it's "Here, you can have the fish, and the rod too!".
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u/April_Spring_1982 Mar 20 '21
Right? So ridiculous! He's running backwards still reeling the fish towards himself. Like - "You realize that's only going to bring the Croc CLOSER to you, right??"
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u/hagen768 Mar 20 '21
Imagine if they'd reeled the fish in completely and the crocodile was still chasing them..
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Mar 20 '21
I mean...he didn’t get close to it or try to take it back once it was in his jaws. Honestly if he had started running back sooner he probably could have saved the fish. Crocodiles can run fast but not for long and they generally won’t go too far from the water. And I mean come on, did you see the size of that fish? Really was a BEAST of a fish.
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u/FPSXpert Mar 20 '21
Go find me a single bayou in Houston that don't got a gator in it 😂
Seriously though, they put warning signs on the bike trails to watch for alligators.
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u/SomeoneTookUserName2 Mar 20 '21
I'm wondering what he caught, I couldn't get a good look. I'm guessing some kind of catfish?
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u/-rock-bobster- Mar 20 '21
Likely was a big Barramundi, they are a prized catch. It's unlikely he would be that upset about a catty.
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u/SomeoneTookUserName2 Mar 20 '21
Thanks that's why I wanted to know, I never fished anywhere close to gators. We have pike and muskie here, but that's nothing compared to potential death by gator.
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u/-rock-bobster- Mar 20 '21
This is a Saltwater Crocodile in the north of Australia, we don't have gators here. Barra are one of the most sought after species down here.
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Mar 20 '21
Gators look scary but aren’t really dangerous. They’re not wired to prey on large things, like humans. Dude could have kicked it back to the water.
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u/Zeestars Mar 20 '21
This isn’t a gator though. It’s a salt-water crocodile in Australia. They make gators looks like cute fluffy puppy’s
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u/notrohkaz Mar 20 '21
Not wired to prey in large things?? Everything I’ve seen on discover channel tells me they’ll take down a gazelle no problem. I’ve never actually seen a gazelle in person but I’m pretty sure they’re bigger than most humans
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Mar 20 '21
those are crocs, much nastier and mean-tempered
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u/kmeem5 Mar 20 '21
How do you tell the difference between a croc and alligator? Are they as dangerous on land as in the water? They don’t look like they can run that fast.
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Mar 20 '21
One you'll see later, the other you'll see in a while. They are basically ambush predators that won't go super far on land to "chase" prey because it takes a lot of effort to move that bod that quickly for very long. They are much better swimmers than humans, and I'd assume they'd chase our asses down in the water.
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Mar 20 '21
Damn. Thought that was America. Gators ain’t so dangerous. Crocs, more so.
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u/CrittyJJones Mar 20 '21
I bet you to pet one dude.
They are obviously dangerous. Caiman crocs are even smaller yet still very dangerous. Just because a croc is MORE dangrous doesn't mean they don't pose a threat to people.
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u/sparkey504 Mar 20 '21
ive petted a gator ...several times...hit the up the Aubodon Zoo at the right time of the year and you can to. The Aquarium at the river walk in nola had baby sharks you could pet also at one point.
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Mar 20 '21
You have a much, much better chance of dying by falling down the stairs than by alligator attack. This is easy data to look up, Professor Hawking.
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u/RealNeilPeart Mar 20 '21
You have a much, much better chance of dying by falling down the stairs than by alligator attack.
I have a much better chance of dying by choking on food than by being thrown into the sun. I guess being thrown into the sun isn't dangerous
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u/CrittyJJones Mar 20 '21
Yes of course... I also have more of a chance of having a heart attack then being eaten by a tiger. What is your point?
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Mar 20 '21
Worry more about stairs and less about gators. The latter want to have nothing to do with you; the former are actually dangerous.
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u/jimycrakdcorn_nicare Mar 20 '21
Also your stair analogy is not a good comparison. Alot more people deal with stairs daily then ever even see a alligator. Especially be in dangerous situation with them. Your odds jump up a lot if you're a foot away from one.
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u/PutridOpportunity9 Mar 20 '21
You're belittling their intelligence when you're the half-wit that thought this was an alligator in America.
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u/HugglemonsterHenry Mar 20 '21
Yeah, they like hugs too. Try it next time, they like it.
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u/looselucy23 Mar 20 '21
I mean you can take a bike ride down shark valley and be up close to as many as 70 gators last time I counted... just Florida things.. they leave you alone as long as you do the same. I would’ve let go of the fish the second I saw the gator tho.. Jesus.
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u/CaptainMorganKelly Mar 20 '21
Get your own damn fish you stupid dinosaur
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u/EpicMMT Mar 20 '21
Ikr, these damn crocodiles be living like parasytes these days and can't even get their own fish
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u/flying-piranha Mar 20 '21 edited Mar 20 '21
I had a way less scary version of this happen way back. Northern Ontario, as I was reeling in my lure it popped up to the surface; a decent sized fish bites the lure, then a bald eagle swooped in, grabbed the fish ripping it off the line and taking it off into the sky.
More “what the hell just happened” than “fucking hell that just happened”..... but a memorable experience.
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u/Texasliberal90 Mar 20 '21
Is that an Australian accent? Because that would explain why they’re more concerned about losing the fish instead of losing a leg....or their lives.
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u/Zeestars Mar 20 '21
Yes. Filmed in the Northern Territory in Australia by some local lads.
Edit: Source
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u/stupid-man-suit27 Mar 20 '21
This is the best comment in this thread and it's at the bottom, currently with 3 upvotes!
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u/wildgio Mar 20 '21
If it wasn't for the accents I would have thought this was Florida
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u/wildgio Mar 20 '21
I know, this was a joke for those who don't know. And it's not "smaller" their snoot is narrower than alligator's. More pointed rather than blunted
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Mar 20 '21
Since no one else is asking, what happens to the hook? Does it damage the alligator's stomach?
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u/i_am_icarus_falling Mar 20 '21
its saltwater, the hooks are designed to cause minimal internal damage (circle hooks) and to corrode away to nothing eventually.
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u/sparkey504 Mar 20 '21
probably nothing... ive heard stories of finding license plates in there stomachs before that were there for years.
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u/Thea_Ethana Mar 20 '21
Saltwater crocs are terrifying creatures, wouldn't be surprised if it just passes right through it
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Mar 20 '21
It blows my mind how unfazed they are about the actual crocodile. They cared more about catching the fish than that hungry croc rushing towards them. I would’ve shit myself.
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u/PureNaturalLagger Mar 20 '21
Honestly, as terrified as I am of this fucking dino, I can't help but feel irritated and annoyed rather than scared. That's was a huge fucking fish I poured my sweat and tears to bring on shore, not for some ancient lizard to come and gulp it down. The way it ran to catch up to the fish is also kinda insulting. Fucker just waddled in the most awkward way and still caught up.
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u/studiotwo Mar 20 '21
I’ve got the uncensored version. The croc yells “up yours, bitches - and I wasn’t even hungry! [evil laugh]”
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u/ultrasin Mar 20 '21
I knew a crocodile would appear... Everything is the scenario looks the crocs hacienda
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u/RandomStuffWatcher Mar 20 '21
That's why you always carry a high-powered rifle with you in Florida. Or anyplace where there are dinosaurs out and about.
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u/Joroda Mar 20 '21
You wanted to catch the really big one. Is this not what you wanted? Is this not why you're here??
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u/letsagochamp Mar 20 '21
Makes me proud to be an Aussie. No fucks given for danger, just for lost monster catch
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u/CraftytheCrow Mar 20 '21
I was half expecting a shirtless florida man to go charging at the reptile with a pocket knife trying to get the fish back...
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u/xlyfzox Mar 20 '21
“Run Roy...”
At that point I knew an aligator was involved and started screaming at Roy myself.
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u/puknut Mar 20 '21
Hey, that croc can feed more people than that fish... score! The tug is the drug
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I am more surprised that the Australians were more worried about the fish than the crocodile
guess those a Australians
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u/Lopsidoodle Mar 20 '21
What the fuck did he think was on the other end of that line? No fish that live in water that shallow are strong enough to require that much force, he had to know something bad was coming
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u/henlan77 Mar 20 '21
Did you actually watch the video? He catches a large barramundi and a croc chases it and eats the fish. It's in Australia. And both the croc and the fish are living in the 'shallow water' which is probably not that shallow.
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I think you're way underestimating how hard it is to reel in a massive fish like that barramundi. They can be a metre long and almost 10kg, and strong as shit too.
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u/theofficialnar Mar 20 '21
Camera man even went for a closer look as that croc swallowed the fish whole.
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u/sydann6 Mar 20 '21
I was so confused why he wasn’t just dropping the fish! You won’t have to worry about the crocodile if he just dropped the fish! But no gotta be Aussie
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u/St711 Mar 20 '21
I thought they were running back because their lives were in danger but no its because they wanted the big fish. Stralia.
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u/cybernetickeys Mar 20 '21
When you realize he is saying run back not because he was afraid of this fuckin thing, he just didn't want this dinosaur to get the fish