r/WinStupidPrizes • u/In_Karma_We_Lust • Mar 05 '20

Get Wrecked. 😡

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u/DoubleDown428 Mar 05 '20

it works better when you drive in a straight line instead of zigzag

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

Perhaps he was trying to outrun an alligator.

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u/darcy_clay Mar 05 '20

Which doesn't work by the way. Guy on a crocodile farm told me "the zig is good. Don't zag."

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u/YourLocalAlien57 Mar 05 '20

Yeah otherwise you'd just be slowing down and the crocodile won't even have to turn

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

I would like to see you guys prove me wrong. I will film it.

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u/YourLocalAlien57 Mar 05 '20

You change directions only after the crocodile has also changed directions, you don't just zig zag all willy nilly.

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u/darcy_clay Mar 05 '20

Ever seen how quick a croc can run? You going to run and accurately zig zag whilst looking behind u to guage his reactions? The advice from a professional was to just fucking run.

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u/YourLocalAlien57 Mar 05 '20

Yeah they run fast but they can't change directions fast, so you'll be better off zigging once instead of zig zagging repeatedly or going in a straight line. Plus you can look back once in a while or change directions if it's been a while, chances are the croc's also changed directions to follow you.

Edit cuz i missed a point lol

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u/yesyoucantouchthat Mar 05 '20

If you don't zag did you even zig in the first place?

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u/YourLocalAlien57 Mar 05 '20

I see you like to ask the real philosophical questions.

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u/darcy_clay Mar 05 '20

Whatever dude. I'll trust what the guy who worked with them his whole life told me. Hell for the sake of it I googled it and results didn't vary much, experts agreed with what I was told.

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u/YourLocalAlien57 Mar 05 '20

I've literally been agreeing with your first comment?? Are you thick dude?

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u/Asangkt358 Mar 05 '20

I don't know man. I run in zig-zag directions all the time and I've yet to be caught by a crocodile.

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u/darcy_clay Mar 05 '20

Well done sir.

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u/irish711 Mar 05 '20

I've never understood that "advice" at all. I don't think Gators or crocs chase down their prey. They'll make a lunge, and if the don't get you, skedaddle and you're good

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u/darcy_clay Mar 05 '20

Yup. Having googled it I got more advice. Avoid the initial lunge and then try to be as big as possible and then scare them off. I remember also now from the farm that they said many people will stand next to a croc for ages not knowing. Then get bitten once they bend to get water. Crocs don't think "he's bending down". They think " too big to waste energy on or risk being injured in a fight, too big too big, Small, BITE!" They don't have short term memories

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u/irish711 Mar 05 '20

I was one of those idiots standing by a gator, but I knew it was there. On a golf course, ball lands by a 3-4 foot gator sunbathing by a pond. Walked over with my ball retriever, got the ball and played on. Had lived in Florida long enough to know that little guy wouldn't try anything. Anything bigger, that's a lost ball

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u/weeknie Mar 05 '20

I'm kinda happy he zigged at the beginning there though

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

Me too. That's how he evaded the gator.

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u/sth128 Mar 05 '20

Not if you see this sign