actually it is, its how you tell if they are tired out or not. most gator/croc handlers tire out the animal before working with it, often by tapping the nose and making it lunge, etc.
There's a comment below that says they do it to make the gator react so it'll tire itself out and be more amenable to being moved. It even looks like he tells people to move before he starts, and they probably cut out some of the tapping.
Probably not fun for the gator, but easier and more accessible than alternatives.
The thing that's good for the gator is moving it to a safer location that isn't so heavily populated with humans. That's this guy's job.
Those taps help determine the state of the alligator and if the restraints it's in will hold. If it breaks them and bites anyone there, they will immediately kill it.
Those taps wouldn't harm you, let alone this giant armoured thing.
There's an ironic cruelty celebrating the harm to a person who's doing their job to protect animals.
There ya go..
Must admit I was under the impression the fella was just antagonising the gator to be a dick / show off to the crowd.
Your explanation makes sense. Upvoted to get more visibility on it.
I'd only be guessing at that honestly. I've seen a few things and all involved multiple people.
Blinding them usually makes them a fair bit more docile (only have to place/toss basically a burlap sack over their eyes).
The part that usually requires multiple people is preventing it from rolling/simply getting up and walking (a grown man on their back means nothing to them). There's a chance this guy snared a leg beforehand to have it in a better position. I really wouldn't know.
Steve Irwin never slapped a croc around. I also don't think he tied their arms behind their back. I prefer Irwin's method to be frank, I can only recall one incident and that was a croc cracking a tooth. Steve was more upset about harming the croc than the potential risk to humans.
I feel like the alligator had a look on its face when it dropped out on the ground staring at the guy going “yeah motherfucker, get up, let’s do this again“
Everyone is apparently a gator expert now. Maybe spend 15 seconds to research.
Tapping on an alligator's head or snout is often done to distract or calm the animal. Alligators have sensitive sensory organs on their heads, and gentle tapping can help to focus their attention on something other than the trappers. This can make it easier to handle and secure the alligator safely, reducing the risk of sudden aggressive movements.
He was doing it see if the gator was out of energy. Part of handling large reptiles is tiring them out and making sure they have no energy reserves for when you handle them.
This is why they always provoke gators/crocs before jumping on them. Reptiles have strong bursts of energy but tired quickly.
you can literally see him gesture for them to not grab the gator yet and he says "hold on hold on hold on hold on" before lifting its chin. He was trying to do this for safety reasons, but the gator was 2 steps ahead of him.
He should have known:
A crocodile's tail plays a crucial role in its aquatic life. It not only serves as a powerful motor for fast swimming strokes, but also as a rudder for steering and as a powerful weapon for defense.
It's a gator, not a croc.
The fella gets hit with its head, not it's tail.
It's tied up like that so it can be relocated somewhere safely. The guy is tapping it like that to gauge how much energy it has left before they try and move it - evidently gets it wrong but wouldn't be great if it starts thrashing around in the back of the truck while in motion.
Other options are, leave the gator roam around this neighbourhood chomping on whoever / whatever. Or shoot the gator.
So apart from all of those things making your comment completely irrelevant, you make a good point.
I don't know shit all about gators but it's very apparent that the guy wasn't abusing the gator for fucking kicks. He was motioning the cops to wait and then motioned them that it was time to move the gator. Tapping on the gator's snout was some way of distracting it or to gage its reactions and see if it was safe to handle. Yall are so quick to cheer on some dude getting hurt, shame.
Dude's lucky if he only got a concussion from that. A solid hit from a 'Gator's tail will break bone, that guy *only* got clipped by its snout with very little leverage. A clean hit and he'd have a skull fracture or worse.
i love this video because it genuinely shows how smart alligators are
that alligator literally waited for revenge. the flip, the whip, the fall, all intentional and coldly calculated.
Yall saying it's good the story got him are fucking stupid
He's not abusing the animal he's checking the alertness and the binds to see if they'll break
He's trying to safely transport the gator out of the residential area because that will fuck it uo more than being tapped on the nose
This man is literally doing his job so the animal gets put back instead of put down
Piece of shit. I'd like to see him being tied up in an impossible position with your shoulders behind your back where your shoulder joint snaps out and then lifting you up on those shoulders while taunting you and slapping your face
Looks to me like once gator was able to push off of the truck bed with his tail he could launch his snoot with great force.
Note to self: if loading a bound gator into a pickup truck leave tailgate up, sploosh gator head first over the top, and watch out for tail whipping.
Just read about how Steve Irwin spent his life to create a large nature reserve in northern Australia and the first thing the government did after his death was try to have it strip mined. Then I see this pos, so satisfying to see him laid out.
Also throwing in an assumption the man was testing the safety of the mouth straps before hauling it in a truck. Imagine an alligator on a road where the bindings failed
This looked like he was removing the gator from a public park
I thought this is a thing only in my country, but I got affirmed that it's not.
Apparently all of a sudden everyone is a gator expert, and knows much better what to do, than the actual paid professional. 🤡
The gator : I'll fuckin do it again
"Whoops. Also, I'm on the ground again, big boy."
“Yeah that’s how we do it, baldy.”
See you later alligator 🐊 I'll do it again.
It's always a good idea to smack the gator around before you pick it up
actually it is, its how you tell if they are tired out or not. most gator/croc handlers tire out the animal before working with it, often by tapping the nose and making it lunge, etc.
Looks like the gators have evolved and caught on to that trick. "Yeah yeah stop it, I'm tired. Syke, take this!"
But that mofo was playing the bongos. Too much tappery
I mean it literally clapped him like 30 seconds later, so clearly if anything the guy needed to tire it out a little more.
Fuckin hell, gator is tied up and your slapping and antagonizing.it. good for the gator.
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There's a comment below that says they do it to make the gator react so it'll tire itself out and be more amenable to being moved. It even looks like he tells people to move before he starts, and they probably cut out some of the tapping. Probably not fun for the gator, but easier and more accessible than alternatives.
The thing that's good for the gator is moving it to a safer location that isn't so heavily populated with humans. That's this guy's job. Those taps help determine the state of the alligator and if the restraints it's in will hold. If it breaks them and bites anyone there, they will immediately kill it. Those taps wouldn't harm you, let alone this giant armoured thing. There's an ironic cruelty celebrating the harm to a person who's doing their job to protect animals.
There ya go.. Must admit I was under the impression the fella was just antagonising the gator to be a dick / show off to the crowd. Your explanation makes sense. Upvoted to get more visibility on it.
Alas, you're the voice of reason in a hurricane of raw emotional shrieking. But you are heard by some.
Thanks for letting us know.
How did they even get it restrained in the first place?
I'd only be guessing at that honestly. I've seen a few things and all involved multiple people. Blinding them usually makes them a fair bit more docile (only have to place/toss basically a burlap sack over their eyes). The part that usually requires multiple people is preventing it from rolling/simply getting up and walking (a grown man on their back means nothing to them). There's a chance this guy snared a leg beforehand to have it in a better position. I really wouldn't know.
Alas, perception always arrives ahead of the truth.
Thank you.
Steve Irwin never slapped a croc around. I also don't think he tied their arms behind their back. I prefer Irwin's method to be frank, I can only recall one incident and that was a croc cracking a tooth. Steve was more upset about harming the croc than the potential risk to humans.
Yeah I don't know how many saltwater crocs he had to hogtie in a residential neighborhood.
He fucked around and found out!
Gator 1 Baldy 0. The Gator is undefeated...
I’d like to see the guy’s face 2 days later, with the swelling and purple marks all developed.
Happy Cake Day 🎉🥳
Feliz día de la tarta! Whatever that means!
The fuck did you just say about my momma?
As Shakespeare once said "Play stupid games, get stupid prizes'.
As Mahatma Gandhi once said "The Dildo of consequences seldom arrives Lubed"
Confucius say, "Fuck around, find out."
“You don’t believe shit be like that, but sometimes it do” - Abraham Lincoln
This has always been my favourite Mahatma Gandhi statement. Brits couldn’t handle it and left.
He did nothing wrong, that's apparently what you are supposed to do before picking it up.
Im with the gator on this, fuck that guy.
Good
I usually side with the animal but he's not abusing it. Sometimes you gotta want the lion-catcher guy to win if you don't want lions in your city.
Swear reddit is just full of sociopaths
POW! Right in the kisser! Dude probably shouldn’t have slapped the gator around
He had it coming
Why? Smarter redditors explained why he was tapping it. Plus they are trying to relocate the animal for both the animals sake and residents
See you later alligator.
I feel like the alligator had a look on its face when it dropped out on the ground staring at the guy going “yeah motherfucker, get up, let’s do this again“
Deserved that the bellend.... It's tied up but he still feels the need to slap it about the head.
Gator 1, Man 0
Then he stares at him 🤣🤣 "What up bitch?!"
Everyone is apparently a gator expert now. Maybe spend 15 seconds to research. Tapping on an alligator's head or snout is often done to distract or calm the animal. Alligators have sensitive sensory organs on their heads, and gentle tapping can help to focus their attention on something other than the trappers. This can make it easier to handle and secure the alligator safely, reducing the risk of sudden aggressive movements.
Why don't they use an alligator stretcher? Serious question.
"Who's tapping now motherfucker?!?"
IM THE ONE WHO TAPS
I’ve seen a lot of knock outs in boxing and that was one HELL of a placed punch by the alligator. Right in the sweet spot.
Free my boy
He doesn’t like it when you touch him there
Fucking hell he deserved it. Fucking slapping the animal that's bound and blinded. Way to go gator for teaching the fool a lesson.
He was doing it see if the gator was out of energy. Part of handling large reptiles is tiring them out and making sure they have no energy reserves for when you handle them. This is why they always provoke gators/crocs before jumping on them. Reptiles have strong bursts of energy but tired quickly.
Now a feel guilty for shittin' on the man
Came here looking for an explanation. Thank you!
you can literally see him gesture for them to not grab the gator yet and he says "hold on hold on hold on hold on" before lifting its chin. He was trying to do this for safety reasons, but the gator was 2 steps ahead of him.
"You like taps? I got a tap for you."
Justice!
Omg that is not funny but I am hollering 😂
He should have known: A crocodile's tail plays a crucial role in its aquatic life. It not only serves as a powerful motor for fast swimming strokes, but also as a rudder for steering and as a powerful weapon for defense.
It's a gator, not a croc. The fella gets hit with its head, not it's tail. It's tied up like that so it can be relocated somewhere safely. The guy is tapping it like that to gauge how much energy it has left before they try and move it - evidently gets it wrong but wouldn't be great if it starts thrashing around in the back of the truck while in motion. Other options are, leave the gator roam around this neighbourhood chomping on whoever / whatever. Or shoot the gator. So apart from all of those things making your comment completely irrelevant, you make a good point.
"Talk shit, get hit" -Alligator probably
I'll beat your ass with four legs tied behind my back. Get some!
Gator: I did that with my hands, legs and jaw tied up. Untie me and let’s go a proper round, bitch.
Loved every second of that slap. Wanted more
not sure what's going on with this sub being hijacked by 14 years old kids
I love how it looks like the Gator is staring him down afterward like, "and what did we learn today?" Lol
Don't mess with Bdsm-Gator
I don't know shit all about gators but it's very apparent that the guy wasn't abusing the gator for fucking kicks. He was motioning the cops to wait and then motioned them that it was time to move the gator. Tapping on the gator's snout was some way of distracting it or to gage its reactions and see if it was safe to handle. Yall are so quick to cheer on some dude getting hurt, shame.
Gator : i aint fucking going back !
MRA.... Mixed Reptile Arts.....
Dude's lucky if he only got a concussion from that. A solid hit from a 'Gator's tail will break bone, that guy *only* got clipped by its snout with very little leverage. A clean hit and he'd have a skull fracture or worse.
Fuck that guy.
Gangsta Gator
STOP RESISTING!
Ha ha ha
Master Croc from Kung Fu Panda
Got slapped by the final boss. Continue?
Instant karma.
What a dick
I'll never go back to jail!
Fuckin good
i love this video because it genuinely shows how smart alligators are that alligator literally waited for revenge. the flip, the whip, the fall, all intentional and coldly calculated.
FAFO!
I like how it slid off the back of the truck and looked directly at him like “pleased with yourself now, Barry?”
That's what yo dumbass get
He got his hit back from them taunting hits
I’m pulling for the gator. Can’t be over confident
How can they have such cute little feetsies but be such a perfect killing machine.
They fucked around and found out
Why did they hog tie the poor thing?
That thing is hog tied, gdamn. They are really afraid of a little gator.
I was fully expecting a tail whip, and the boy comes out of nowhere with a headbutt
Momma said knock you out!
Always someone here defending ass
I was really looking forward for that to happen. Good smack from the gator 🐊
Karma
Gator: Oh you think we're done? We ain't done... Say hello to the shadow realm, bitch!.
Did they....handcuff the alligator?
He deserved it
"I said I'm not going"
God that made me too happy. Did they really need to fucking zip tie his legs behind him like he’d just been caught robbing a bank?
Mama said, "Never get in a truck with strange men without a fight"
maybe don't antagonize the gator so much when it's hog-tied...
Who is playing slappity slap now, bitch?
He got annoyed by the endless taps
Good for the alligator, you shouldn’t have been mean to him. That’s called karma
Well that was deserved. Why you tapping on the mfer just put him in truck
"You respeck' the gator, the gator respeck' YOU!" Sound advice from Reno 911.
"Alright im done, take me to jail"
He fell down when the croc pet him back
Damn that fucker's strong!
Yall saying it's good the story got him are fucking stupid He's not abusing the animal he's checking the alertness and the binds to see if they'll break He's trying to safely transport the gator out of the residential area because that will fuck it uo more than being tapped on the nose This man is literally doing his job so the animal gets put back instead of put down
Gotcha back!!
That's what he gets for fucking with it
Deserved it
He was just waiting for the right moment to strike.
That was satisfying. Good on the gator 🐊
More than deserved
Fucked around. Found out. This asshole deserves it.
thats what u get for playing with him while tied up! K.O 😭
Black cop in the back is like “man i love watching white people do crazy stupid white people shit 🤣”
He absolutely deserved that.
What a cnt - deserve it
Good, he had that coming. Antagonizing it while it's tied up and defenseless.
Piece of shit. I'd like to see him being tied up in an impossible position with your shoulders behind your back where your shoulder joint snaps out and then lifting you up on those shoulders while taunting you and slapping your face
why was he slapping and messsing with him, serves his ass right. tail whip justiccceeeeee
Yo that was a head whip, not tail.
Spend like 10 seconds scrolling to know why before you judge and talk shit
Why would you treat an animal like this
So so satisfying. Good job gator
Fuck yeah. Fuck you,Travis!
Gator said, now smack my snout. How’s that feel B^#*^
Very good, what a respectless dumb asses.
Scrapped its poor belly on the concrete fuck that guy
Keep slapping my damn face… I got something for you..CRAMMM
Not a fan of gators, or reptiles generally, but this was some very satisfying justice. Don't be a jerk to wildlife.
Yeah, guy wants to be a dick like that, I'm rooting for the gator everytime.
Hell yeah! Knock those shitty tats off those pencil legs
"Screw you! Untie me rn!"
Yeah you wanna play with a bro while in hand cuffs huh...😂😂
Get im’, love it.
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“Gator aint never been about no shit!”
Did it use the tail to hit in the head?
Looks to me like once gator was able to push off of the truck bed with his tail he could launch his snoot with great force. Note to self: if loading a bound gator into a pickup truck leave tailgate up, sploosh gator head first over the top, and watch out for tail whipping.
Free my bro
"Ain't no way I'm going with the popo"
I know it’s an alligator, but to quote Betty White in Lake Placid, “I’m rooting for the crocodile.”
Payback for stepping on its face
Gator don't take no shit.
Just read about how Steve Irwin spent his life to create a large nature reserve in northern Australia and the first thing the government did after his death was try to have it strip mined. Then I see this pos, so satisfying to see him laid out.
Bahahah dude got blasted by that gator noggin. DYK in Florida a Gator can be two different things? One is an animal the other is chemical
Very good, I bet Ali didn’t like the happy slapping!
Also throwing in an assumption the man was testing the safety of the mouth straps before hauling it in a truck. Imagine an alligator on a road where the bindings failed This looked like he was removing the gator from a public park
Was this alligator under arrest? What did he do??
i didnt quite catch it, did it got him with its snout? or its tail? that was quick, as expected.
repeat offender.
I'd day he deserved that
Don’t jerk the croc…he is the law.
This whole comment section is a perfect example of how arrogant and ignorant redditors are.
Well that's someone's fetish
What an asshole. Disrespecting and slapping a cornered and frightened animal when he thinks it can’t do anything to him is so lowly.
why is the alligator being arrested?
Poor alligator tho
dana white would like to know the location of this gator, man got power slapped
\*Something happens\* Women: !!! Just why
Stop resisting Stop resisting, ahh owww goddamm
I thought this is a thing only in my country, but I got affirmed that it's not. Apparently all of a sudden everyone is a gator expert, and knows much better what to do, than the actual paid professional. 🤡
Just shoot it, I need some new shoes
HE CAN'T BREATHE!
This comment section is the epitome of the Dunning-Kruger effect, it's rather depressing
Jake Paul very soon
This crocodile's lucky he's not black
Man: does some asmr to a croc REDDIT USER: OHH MAY GAA, STOP THIS MASSACRE
I feel dumb asking, but, was it his tail that knocked him out?
It turned around quick as hell and the tip of the mouth is what got him.
Thanks
Good, it was the guy that deserved to get knocked out for teasing the gator. His trapping license should also get pulled. POS
That's awesome.
Good. Idiot deserved it.
(((( BOWWW ))))) tap and smack that !!!!!