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:
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.
“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.
“Hiking in Florida” - That this isn’t used in the context of someones obituary/ Darwin Award/ tragic murder, is completely shocking to me.
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.
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:
Jack Black can help with this: https://youtu.be/DA4V-n8Ft3g?t=5
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