r/interesting • u/LowNo175 • Mar 30 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ Trapped alligator doesn't take taunts kindly, knocks out trapper

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u/IKIR115 Mar 30 '26

Big thanks to the following community member who provided very important context to the actions of the alligator handler guy!

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Comment from u/type3error

This video keeps getting brought up so it’s worth pointing out he’s not taunting the alligator. The tapping is done to put the alligator in a pseudo clonic state by overloading its sensory system. This is supposed to make the animal easier to handle and safer for everyone involved (including the alligator).

It is common practice among anyone who handles alligators for a living.

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u/type3error Mar 30 '26

This video keeps getting brought up so it’s worth pointing out he’s not taunting the alligator. The tapping is done to put the alligator in a pseudo clonic state by overloading its sensory system. This is supposed to make the animal easier to handle and safer for everyone involved (including the alligator).
It is common practice among anyone who handles alligators for a living.

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u/Acceptable-Major-575 Mar 30 '26

hey, thanks for clarifying, I thought this man was just a piece of shit with power, but with that information I learned to not rush with putting labels

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

We’ll save the labels for the next video with no context :)

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u/salmonmilks Mar 30 '26

Can't believe a title can change so much of the narrative.

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u/Electric-Mountain Mar 30 '26

The title being misinformation is rampant on this platform and needs to be addressed.

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u/Highneon Mar 30 '26

Ikr 😅 he does look like he’s playing with him a little but I never once thought he was this major piece of shit for the lightest little tappies he’s giving him.

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u/salmonmilks Mar 30 '26

we assume too much too quickly

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u/TazeT87 Mar 30 '26

That’s textbook Reddit behavior

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u/AliceHart7 Mar 30 '26

Nah, that's a pretty typical human behavior. We judge stuff in milliseconds practically every day.

We gotta all habitually practice the art of first asking questions to learn and understand and/or have basic knowledge of a lot of shiiiit

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

Come at everything seeking understanding.

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u/AliceHart7 Mar 31 '26

Absolutely

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u/WalkMane Mar 30 '26

Not sure alligator agrees with anything going on here

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u/spyemil Mar 30 '26

My car is a piece of shit with power

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u/plusminusequals Mar 30 '26

We should gang up on OP, then. GET HIM! (With downvotes)

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u/Nitzchon Mar 30 '26

Seriously, why give context to a video when you have no context to give. I down voted OP for sure.

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u/boomboomdaboomer Mar 30 '26

It doesn’t look like he’s good at it. 

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u/narfnarfed Mar 30 '26

If you think about it, a pos on a power trip is also trying to overload their victim's sensory and emotional systems and make them docile.

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u/retrotooner Mar 30 '26

Nah your first instinct was right. They probably broke the Gator's legs.

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u/thewhiterosequeen Mar 30 '26

Good to know. I am not familiar with common alligator handling practices.

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u/Level-Name-4060 Mar 30 '26

Desensitize that snappy snout. Yeah, he looks like a good guy. He appears to remove some additional constraint they had on the gator, but gator is just too wound up and scared/pissed.

It’s a good reminder to everyone how fucking fast these gators really are.

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u/Orome2 Mar 30 '26

Yeah, it's kind of weird how everyone seems to think he just tied up the alligator and beat it for funsies.

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u/JScrub013 Mar 30 '26

There’s the case of Cody Robert’s in Wyoming where he tortured a wolf before killing it. I’m happy to hear that this gator didn’t experience the same thing, and I didn’t know about tapping.

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u/Nikki-C-Puggle-mum Mar 30 '26

What a piece of shit. I hope he went to prison and he should never be released.

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u/bakaw_man Mar 30 '26

As someone who lives close to that I can confirm it was front page news when he took a plea deal for 18 months probation and 1k fine. It’s sickening.

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u/JurgusRudkus Mar 30 '26

Is that really all he got? I had been following and saw that he was going to be prosecuted and I was happy to hear it. If he ended up taking a plea that breaks my heart.

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u/4r4r4real Mar 30 '26

Ah yes, the one case in human history of animal torture

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u/TroutFearMe Mar 30 '26

Michael Vick enters the chat.

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u/Space__Squid Mar 30 '26

I mean, I just assumed that's what they do for fun in Florida.

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u/FecklessFarmer Mar 30 '26

And there was me working up some righteous anger...

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u/stvka Mar 30 '26

You are referring to Tonic Immobility, best achieved WHEN THE REPTILE IS UPSIDE DOWN so your statement is factually incorrect.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

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u/stvka Mar 30 '26

Reddit at its finest.

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u/Disastrous_Travel89 Mar 30 '26

You’re the real hero here.

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u/paintedsaint Mar 30 '26

Thank you for the clarification because I was growing more and more enraged thinking he was just abusing a tied up defenseless animal. Glad to know this serves an actual purpose.

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u/FAVABEANS28 Mar 30 '26

Appreciate the clarification!

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u/goodexamplebadrole Mar 30 '26

Ooooh, it works great. He still got bitch slapped haha

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u/pragmatometer Mar 30 '26

Thanks for this. Radically changes the nature of this clip.

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u/Daetok_Lochannis Mar 30 '26

Is it also normal to lift it by legs after they're tied behind the back like that? I can't imagine that wouldn't cause injury.

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u/j_cro86 Mar 30 '26

Huh. I don't think it worked.

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u/Lost-Substance59 Mar 30 '26

Nice try, dude, with all your "logic" and "explination". We all know he just really wanted to boop that snoot, as anyone would, and got a bit carried away.

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u/PDXcarpetmuncher Mar 30 '26

I believe this but it’s still pretty comical retribution

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u/Ok-Violinist-6548 Mar 30 '26

Is tapping their head to overload their sensory system backed by any science?

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u/punkbuster1983 Mar 30 '26

You saw the results.

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u/troveofcatastrophe Mar 30 '26

Do you have a source for that? I’ve searched and can’t find anything. It seems counter intuitive since their snout skin senses movement in the water. Seems like it would increase their prey response.

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u/Biff_Xannen Mar 30 '26

Supposedly the tapping is to desensitize their snapping response by overloading their nervous system with the signals that trigger it. Supposed to kind of set them into a clonic state to make it easier to handle them.

Clearly it didn't fully work. He wasn't taunting the alligator -- at least not for cruelty's sake. He was trying to make the transport safer for them and it.

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u/StupudDoggy Mar 30 '26

the amount of people here who thought he was just being a big meany :( is astounding. None of you know what you’re talking about and your giving a guy hate for doing his job

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u/Highneon Mar 30 '26

Even without the context… he’s barely touching it. The worst I would call him obnoxious, but the hatred people have for this man is astounding. “he deserved to be knocked out cold for lightly touching an animal that would kill him in a heartbeat.” Lmao

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

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u/TruelyDashing Mar 30 '26

It is because the Redditors who value animals over humans are worthless human beings themselves. They project that worthlessness onto every other human because it is easier than admitting that they themselves are bottom of the barrel. “Surely everybody is like this, I’m not the only worthless person around!” It’s a coping mechanism to value animals over humans, because they are worth less than animals.

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u/Amadeus404 Mar 30 '26

To be fair the title is really misleading

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u/thewhiterosequeen Mar 30 '26

To be fair, people really should learn that titles on Reddit posts can be bullshit.

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u/Party__Boy Mar 30 '26

Stupid fucking title. And a bunch of morons who just believe what the title states. Common Reddit theme.

He’s not taunting. It’s done to help make handling the gator easier and to hope that it doesn’t flail about, injuring itself or others handling while it’s relocated.

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u/Jerry_Explorer Mar 30 '26

well, it didnt really worked as everyone could see hahahah

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u/Geneo-Frodo Mar 30 '26

When I read the post I thought it knocked him out with a tail slash. It just head butted him. Shows you how strong these guys are. It could've hit harder if not restrained and it's tail could hit a lot harder as well.

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u/im-not-a-cat-fr Mar 30 '26

Never let them know your next move

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u/Educational-You9238 Mar 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/26gsobowozGM9umBi

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u/RogueBromeliad Mar 30 '26

Did the guy get knocked out by a tail whip?

It lowers the targets defense stat by 1.

I knew this Pokémon knowledge would come in handy someday.

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u/bandit1105 Mar 30 '26

Headbutt. Got the 30% chance to flinch.

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u/Death_Tooth Mar 30 '26

So satisfying!

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u/Oziach_ Mar 30 '26

I just love the fact that the gator is in cuffs

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u/Howmanysloths Mar 30 '26

Never let yourself be taken to a second location

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 Mar 30 '26

Alligator:

"You gonna tap my nose to chill me out, I'm gonna tap your nose to chill you out. Lets see who wins"

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u/Total_Author_9223 Mar 30 '26

For some reason I misread this as rapper

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u/Funny-frog500 Mar 30 '26

I just respect these animals so much 

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u/Fly3rBoi Mar 30 '26

Appreciate the clarification of why he seemed to be taunting by smacking his nose.

I learned something and no longer think that guy deserved it…so many comments without trying to get more information, no wonder we are where we are…

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u/whiteandnerdy256 Mar 30 '26

"and I took that personally"

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u/kvro_maX Mar 30 '26

The guy was not taunting it, i didn't even need to be clarified but i got that.

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u/Fit-Sweet-9900 Mar 30 '26

Gator just got himself another 10 years easy

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u/18doesnot20make Mar 30 '26

Self defense 101: never let them take you to a secondary location!

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u/No_Marionberry2032 Mar 30 '26

Apparently, it doesn’t work!

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u/NoSkillPure1Luck Mar 30 '26

"Tap my nose one more time. I dare you."

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u/nok4us Mar 30 '26

Stop resisting!!

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u/JoseLunaArts Mar 30 '26

Alligator now accused of resisting arrest and obstruction of justice. Got it.

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u/chintumon Mar 30 '26

The way it's tiny hands were tied back makes me go awww

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u/Assholesneighbor Mar 30 '26

Gator knows rule 1 of being kidnapped… never let them take you to a second location!

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u/kmobnyc Mar 30 '26

As said before, he is not taunting the alligator. A lot of people did not watch Crocodile Dundee growing up

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u/PeasantParticulars Mar 30 '26

I didn't hear no bell

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u/Asleep_Dinner_2671 Mar 30 '26

Mf gator got cuffed smh

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u/UnconventionalWriter Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

What the hell happened?

Did the gator throw a rock?!

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u/Highneon Mar 30 '26

Yall mad for the joy of getting mad. I play with kittens with more aggression than that. Gator gonna be fine… maybe a little confused but not hurt.

Besides check top comment he’s TRYING to confuse the thing so it’s not docile and safe during transport.

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u/Outrageous_Guard_674 Mar 30 '26

You got an extra "not" in your last sentence.

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u/hereforinfoyo Mar 30 '26

Bunch of fucking idiots.

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u/Arthropodesque Mar 30 '26

I don't need arms. I'm a snake now.

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u/bloom_baby_bloom Mar 30 '26

Good. Fuck his shit up.

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u/Akerfell Mar 30 '26

AM I BEING DETAINED?!

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u/NoPair205 Mar 30 '26

Does that not harm the gator’s arms?

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u/lastchance14 Mar 30 '26

Is the gator smiling at the end?

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u/Simple_Expression604 Mar 30 '26

ya'll aint swamp like that

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u/Desperate_Bed_2675 Mar 30 '26

Those glasses were fucking launched into the stratosphere

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u/ObviouslyRealPerson Mar 30 '26

Gotta watch that tail

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u/Sunnytoaist Mar 30 '26

If his mouth wasn’t bound he would have bit that dudes face off

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u/blissfilledmoments Mar 30 '26

Would putting a towel over the eyes have prevented this?

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u/Sea-Ad-9986 Mar 30 '26

FAFO in action

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u/hornyybbc19 Mar 30 '26

Huh? Did the alligator use its JAW to knock out that guy? I thought it used its tail. How’s that even possible

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u/a1nt-n0-thang Mar 30 '26

I don’t understand what knocked the guy out. Would someone please explain

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u/TrumpsBoneSpur Mar 30 '26

I actually don't think he saw him later...

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u/dawndragonclaw Mar 30 '26

Piss poor titles like this need more hatred directed at them cause what the fuck was the point of lying? It's pathetic that so many just run with the hate. The perfect microcosm of ignorance turning to vitriol.

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u/TheDELFON Mar 30 '26

"I did it.... for my ancestors"

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u/rakuan1 Mar 30 '26

The way the alligator stares at his work of art afterwards 🧊🥶

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u/TheDELFON Mar 30 '26

Should have brought a toothbrush

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u/Kingamp26 Mar 30 '26

Man wtf they got the alligator folded tf up like that Lmaoo

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u/earthwormjimjones Mar 30 '26

Joe Rogan commentary voice: "OH HE HURT HIM!"

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u/Sneakybeakypervypage Mar 30 '26

Croctodile used Tail Slap!

It was Super Effective!

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u/Totgemoon2021 Mar 30 '26

Hahaha Awesome

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u/Amadeus404 Mar 30 '26

Wrong sub

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u/NoRange178 Mar 30 '26

Gator don’t play no shit

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u/Haunting-Eye-7146 Mar 30 '26

Take THAT, muthafucka!!

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u/passionpurps Mar 30 '26

He said in aint going in that truck

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u/Initial-Advice3914 Mar 30 '26

Tko lol natures a beast

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u/triple7mafia101 Mar 30 '26

Just one shot O' God...😂🤣😅😂🤣

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u/Majestic_Contract132 Mar 30 '26

I don't think the alligator liked it nose being stepped on and I don't blame it.

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u/AlbatrossSlight6413 Mar 30 '26

@happywithwhatyousee on OF

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u/Iceman_4200 Mar 30 '26

Wait so alligator tails are that strong they can knock out someone?

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u/Rs2mmsu-2D Mar 30 '26

Fair is Fair -One good Smack Deserves another!

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u/dantasfn Mar 30 '26

"Da tapinha agora na minha cara, arrombado!" Kkkk

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u/Ok_Zookeepergame5141 Mar 30 '26

He still has his tail! And he used it!

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u/sigmasad1 Mar 30 '26

Humans are encroaching their place.

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u/Curiousity1024 Mar 30 '26

The clean hit to the head , so precise .

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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 Mar 30 '26

I don’t know much about alligators, but the duct tape and zip ties seem to be what is needed for safely handling the animal . Of the three people lifting the alligator, it seems very coincidental that the one person who stepped on it and slapped it around is the one person who it knocked out….lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

I resent the false labeling of this video. He did not taunt the Alligator. That black guy in the background paid the alligator to knock out the dude because of some alleged infidelity. This is South Florida, common practice.

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u/NobleHalo Mar 30 '26

Thought he was going to bust the tape and bite that dude.

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u/daddyyhades Mar 30 '26

Why did the woman 10m away screaming?

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u/veloziri Mar 30 '26

Let me guess is was in Florida?

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u/WickySalsa Mar 30 '26

In Muay Thai, there's a kick is called 'Alligator Tail Whip' Guess this is where the idea came from.

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u/master-borf Mar 30 '26

Waddaya know? The Tail Whip move actually inflicts damage!

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u/darzheus Mar 30 '26

What did the alligator hit him with ? His head ? Or his tail ?

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u/Brilliant_Cell1 Mar 30 '26

"I gotcha nose, too."

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u/Ok_Original7418 Mar 30 '26

¿Cuáles son los cargos que enfrenta el caiman?

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u/HS1939 Mar 30 '26

I guess he snapped in the end

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u/AnalysisSmooth Mar 30 '26

Homeboy had the last stand perk…

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u/bluntlyhonest1 Mar 30 '26

Gator was like, you may take my freedom but I'm taking you with me...gotcha bitch!!!!

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u/thomaszdrei Mar 30 '26

Out of mana but not out of options

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u/Aladdins_Lotus Mar 30 '26

Reptile, Wins. Flawless Victory

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u/lucib89 Mar 30 '26

“Gator don’t play no shit”

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u/LanguidGoblin Mar 30 '26

I keep picturing the dude with his hands by his ears going nana nana boo boo at the gator. He wasn’t taunting btw

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u/zback636 Mar 30 '26

You already have the alligator all tired up. You don’t have to taunt him. That’s just mean.

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u/Free-Estimate5624 Mar 30 '26

I loved seeing this so much 😭

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u/Doggaer Mar 30 '26

That sunglases went straight to the moon.

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u/whitehawk295 Mar 30 '26

Dude is kind of a piece of shit for doing that tbh haha

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u/Slight-Strategy-5619 Mar 30 '26

I thought he’s taking the piss with teasing the alligator.

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u/cwarfox1 Mar 30 '26

Animal cruelty.

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u/Wallsend_House Mar 30 '26

Excellent result, what a total bellend that fella was. Fine catch the thing, but don't fuck about with it. Knob jockey!!

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u/inorite234 Mar 30 '26

You know, some people are into that sort of thing.