Posted: 1/16/2015 2:09:00 AM EDT
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That could have been much worse!http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/12/crocodilearm_wideweb__470x301,0.jpg 
Needs a cigarette dangling from fingers. 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: That could have been much worse! Zoo keeper in Thailand or something as I recall.
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Playing with fire and all. The video is titled trainer. I wouldn't think you can train crocodiles. Yeah. I've seen a video of an American alligator "trainer" who had one clamp down on his head. It was explained in the video that the gators (and other lizards of their ilk) habitually do that "sit with your mouth open" basking thing a lot. They're just mellow and relaxing, and you totally can stick your limbs inside their mouths and they won't clamp down... unless there's a stimulus that they have food or something in their mouths they don't expect. The American "trainer" had a drop of sweat from his forehead land on the gator's tongue, so the gator slammed shut. Probably something similar here. Ultimately it is the risk the crowd was there to see, as well. |
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He's lucky he still has a head. Crocodiles have a bite strength more than 6 times greater than a great white shark. Lately, Erickson, a Florida State biology professor, and his colleagues have been pondering a particularly painful-sounding question: How hard do alligators and crocodiles bite? The answer is a bite force value of 3,700 pounds for a 17-foot saltwater crocodile (as well as tooth pressures of 350,000 pounds per square inch). That’s the highest bite force ever recorded — beating a 2,980-pound value for a 13-foot wild American alligator Erickson’s lab measured in 2005. They estimate that the largest extinct crocodilians, 35- to 40-foot animals, bit at forces as high as 23,100 pounds. |
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I can't imagine being a poor person in a place that has REAL crocodiles. I've been close to gators, crocs and caimans in FL and Latin America/SA but that is completely different IMO. Nile and Indo-Pac Crocs see people as an easy food source. That would be scary as shit to have to bath/fish/drink around those dinosaurs on a daily basis.
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That could have been much worse!http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/12/crocodilearm_wideweb__470x301,0.jpg
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I can't imagine being a poor person in a place that has REAL crocodiles. I've been close to gators, crocs and caimans in FL and Latin America/SA but that is completely different IMO. Nile and Indo-Pac Crocs see people as an easy food source. That would be scary as shit to have to bath/fish/drink around those dinosaurs on a daily basis.
When we went canoeing in Yucatan the salt water crocs all slipped into the water to follow us when we glided silently past. I'm pretty sure they view us as easy prey.. and they were right. |
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Or gripping a bottle of Natty Light. Quoted:
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That could have been much worse!http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/12/crocodilearm_wideweb__470x301,0.jpg
Needs a cigarette dangling from fingers.
Or gripping a bottle of Natty Light. Nope, he told his buddy to hold his natty light and said watch this. |
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Quoted: I can't imagine being a poor person in a place that has REAL crocodiles. I've been close to gators, crocs and caimans in FL and Latin America/SA but that is completely different IMO. Nile and Indo-Pac Crocs see people as an easy food source. That would be scary as shit to have to bath/fish/drink around those dinosaurs on a daily basis. Gators generally do not bother me. I will swim in the lakes with them here. Really don't want to come across crocs though... I tend to try and chase sharks down while diving in the ocean too. |
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Yeah. I've seen a video of an American alligator "trainer" who had one clamp down on his head. It was explained in the video that the gators (and other lizards of their ilk) habitually do that "sit with your mouth open" basking thing a lot. They're just mellow and relaxing, and you totally can stick your limbs inside their mouths and they won't clamp down... unless there's a stimulus that they have food or something in their mouths they don't expect. The American "trainer" had a drop of sweat from his forehead land on the gator's tongue, so the gator slammed shut. Probably something similar here. Ultimately it is the risk the crowd was there to see, as well. Quoted:
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Playing with fire and all. The video is titled trainer. I wouldn't think you can train crocodiles. Yeah. I've seen a video of an American alligator "trainer" who had one clamp down on his head. It was explained in the video that the gators (and other lizards of their ilk) habitually do that "sit with your mouth open" basking thing a lot. They're just mellow and relaxing, and you totally can stick your limbs inside their mouths and they won't clamp down... unless there's a stimulus that they have food or something in their mouths they don't expect. The American "trainer" had a drop of sweat from his forehead land on the gator's tongue, so the gator slammed shut. Probably something similar here. Ultimately it is the risk the crowd was there to see, as well. i think ive seen this video... didnt hte whole thing happen in front of an audience of like a few hundred people? |
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There is no such thing as a crockadile trainer. You cannot train a croc, a trainer is merely a food source. But the huge snakes people keep in their homes in proximity to their kids on the other hand.......................oh wait; same exact damned thing. |
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Yeah. I've seen a video of an American alligator "trainer" who had one clamp down on his head. It was explained in the video that the gators (and other lizards of their ilk) habitually do that "sit with your mouth open" basking thing a lot. They're just mellow and relaxing, and you totally can stick your limbs inside their mouths and they won't clamp down... unless there's a stimulus that they have food or something in their mouths they don't expect. The American "trainer" had a drop of sweat from his forehead land on the gator's tongue, so the gator slammed shut. Probably something similar here. Ultimately it is the risk the crowd was there to see, as well. Quoted:
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Playing with fire and all. The video is titled trainer. I wouldn't think you can train crocodiles. Yeah. I've seen a video of an American alligator "trainer" who had one clamp down on his head. It was explained in the video that the gators (and other lizards of their ilk) habitually do that "sit with your mouth open" basking thing a lot. They're just mellow and relaxing, and you totally can stick your limbs inside their mouths and they won't clamp down... unless there's a stimulus that they have food or something in their mouths they don't expect. The American "trainer" had a drop of sweat from his forehead land on the gator's tongue, so the gator slammed shut. Probably something similar here. Ultimately it is the risk the crowd was there to see, as well. Is that the guy from "Gatorboys" you're talking about??? |
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Is that the guy from "Gatorboys" you're talking about??? Quoted:
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Playing with fire and all. The video is titled trainer. I wouldn't think you can train crocodiles. Yeah. I've seen a video of an American alligator "trainer" who had one clamp down on his head. It was explained in the video that the gators (and other lizards of their ilk) habitually do that "sit with your mouth open" basking thing a lot. They're just mellow and relaxing, and you totally can stick your limbs inside their mouths and they won't clamp down... unless there's a stimulus that they have food or something in their mouths they don't expect. The American "trainer" had a drop of sweat from his forehead land on the gator's tongue, so the gator slammed shut. Probably something similar here. Ultimately it is the risk the crowd was there to see, as well. Is that the guy from "Gatorboys" you're talking about??? Seen that one. I was suprised his head didn't collapsed. Luck Guy! |
| I've been to these "zoo's" in Thailand and I can almost guarantee that after the croc show was over they allowed the audience come down and sit on the back of the crocodile and have a photo taken for what is equivalent to $10 or less. A lot of them also have tigers that they also let you sit with and pet with a photo or a baby tiger you can hold and bottle feed. |
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