• Jay
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    11 months ago

    This is “brave” until it goes wrong. Then it’s “stupid”. The border is narrow.

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    11 months ago

    Extremely brave girl. That’s the most dangerous animal on the planet and the gator’s just letting it ride her.

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      11 months ago

      I dunno, could you imagine her hopping onto a hippo like that?

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    I’m going to assume she knows more about gator behavior than us, but putting her hand near the side kinda sets 'em off.

    And it is a gator, not nearly as violent as a croc. OTOH, even though their behavior is well understood, those dumbasses can still be unpredictable.

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    11 months ago

    Alligatora, unlike crocodiles are a lot less likely to kill humans. But the few they do kill do stupid shit like this.

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    All fun and games till the badboy starts spinning

    Like, I’m sure she knows this animal/grew up with it or something, but it’s still a predator

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      5 months ago

      So are dogs and cats. Everybody knows that floridians have domesticated every gator in their state and that it is perfectly safe to mess with them.

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      11 months ago

      Often the difference is only whether you walk away with all your fingers.

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        Brave is being afraid but doing it anyway.

        Stupid is not being afraid.