Originally published at: How to cross an alligator when it's blocking your way | Boing Boing
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We used to train for this in the 80s:
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To quote Peter Falk, “Serpentine!”
Crocodilians are actually quite fast on land, but suck at cornering. A couple turns will lose them. Crossing over at the tail ought to be moderately safe, they aren’t going to be able to spin around and snap at’cha.
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“Git! Git! Okay, calm down, I’ll go around…”
…and all the time the alligator is just resting there, minding it’s own business, like “they see me alligatin’, they hatin’: take a chill pill dude”.
Are they like bears? Bears don’t like being surprised, but if they hear you coming and know where you are, they probably won’t not bother you.
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“Hiking in Florida” - That this isn’t used in the context of someones obituary/ Darwin Award/ tragic murder, is completely shocking to me.
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Anyone who has seen a gator run at full speed, would know that this is a very risky strategy. When they get up on their legs and run, they can really move. I’ve never heard of a gator chasing someone down, but I would not want to be the first to prove that it can happen.
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In short bursts they can go pretty fast, but there’s a lot of hype out there stating that they can run faster than humans and even quarter horses…
http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/cbd-faq-q4.htm
but we all know if you’re floridaman, this is the way to deal with an obstructive gator:
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