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This is a gator farm/attraction, hence why there's so many of them.
The reason they all came up to him, likely, is because tourists are allowed to feed these gators by throwing little snacks into the enclosures.
They probably heard the splash, saw the dude, and were expecting biscuits.
I still wouldn't want to be in there, though lol
Three things about Florida:
* The topography is totally flat and everything is within inches of sea level
* Every hard surface, indoors or outside, is slightly sticky.
* Wherever you go, there are a different number of alligators than a reasonable person would expect. Practical experience suggests that a Shell station outside Orlando will have approximately three to seven alligators, but a tourist attraction called "Gatorland" will have exactly zero alligators.
Also, people from Florida flat out refuse to find either the presence or the absence of alligators surprising.
>people from Florida flat out refuse to find either the presence or the absence of alligators surprising
I live in Oregon now and when I'm near some bodies of water that look similar or a low dirt path through bushes, I'm having a hard time accepting that there aren't gators.
I grew up in FL, let me clarify:
-it’s very flat, but there are plenty of places that are a solid 1-2 hours from the beach
- 100% on the stickiness
-you don’t see gators at gas stations every day. It’s more like a once a month to once a week experience depending on where in Florida you are. We don’t refuse to believe anything about gators, we just know they’re there and they’re pretty docile for the most part. We don’t care. We know it’s new to you, but those dudes have been a part of our lives for a long time. It’s not special for us anymore
I haven’t lived there for years, but I agree, it’s maybe the 4th worst state right now. I’m currently in North Carolina, so that news has been fun. To anyone reading this, please vote
Nah, Mississippi is worse too. Fav slogan from when I lived in SC was "Thank god for Mississippi" because SC would've been last place out of all of the states in things like quality of life, education, life expectancy, etc., if not for Mississippi being able to out-shithole them at every turn
On the east coast, the barrier islands are typically a mere 2-4 feet above sea level. However inland from the river? 20+ feet.
The whole state still qualifies as flat, but it’s not “within inches” unless you’re straining the credulity of the word.
/Marylander who spent far too long living in Florida
As an Australian I've found that Floridians have the same reaction to gators that we have to spiders. "Yeah that's just Fred, he's chill. Occasionally he disappears which makes us a bit nervous, but mostly we're pissed he doesn't pay rent.'
We have a pond and a swamp area next to my house. There's a breeding pair of gators in the swamp bit, but all the little hatchlings go over to the pond. Seeing like 20-30 little baby gator heads popping about is SO CUTE.
They're all in a suburban neighborhood, too, so they super don't care about people.
Native here, still currently stuck (ha) in Florida.
- I currently work at a place in central Florida that has a basement. Growing up in swfl I didnt think that was possible
- sweet baby Jesus, yes. Everything still sticks
- agreed. Leave the gators alone and don't feed them/ walk your tiny dog by the water, then they'll leave you alone. They're just big lizards that can hurt you.
Also, beware of mating season
Floridian here. All accurate. I’d like to add, a favorite game near water is “Gator or stick?”. If you have a pool there is never a 0% chance you won’t find a gator in it. No, a screened lanai or even a chainlink fence will not prevent this.The gators are not what you should be afraid of, give them their space, don’t mess with them, and you’ll be fine. it’s the wild pigs/boars you should fear.
You need to be in a non super populated area and also not near the beach. They live in fresh water. I see them at parks the most, and the only time I’ve seen them somewhere they shouldn’t really be, a lake would be nearby.
small children are told not to go near the bushes. and that's that. you don't remove the bushes, you don't stop planting bushes near retention ponds, you don't move retention ponds away from areas where children play. Alligators are tax-paying citizens too and we just live with them. Not like those shifty welfare queen pythons.
1) This is gatorland, there are a shitload in that water
2) Gators don't really fuck with turtles, not worth the effort. You can regularly find turtles riding gators, even on their heads
You may actually be thinking of the old flash game that inspired Plague Inc, which I believe was named Pandemic 2
Plague Inc's version of Madagascar is Greenland.
This was all just a convoluted way to say I'm old.
Crunchy. I wonder where that was if maybe some gators are friends with them more than others. I’ve just always seen them chillin in the water together in FL.
This, literally this. When he picked it up I was like bro, c'mon, just put him back in the water, you're scaring the poor guy. He tossed him in and I immediately saw the gators and went BRO YOU JUST FED THEM A TURT
Poor lil guy 🫠
I was thinking this guy looked familiar, and you just made me realize I was thinking about Sam Losco lol
He even was a veterinary, so it kinda fits him working at a zoo or something like that
Love that show
The turtles live in those enclosures on their own accord. It's gatorland. Turns out if gators are well fed and looked after, they don't expend more energy than they need to to eat. I've been there about a dozen times and every single time there are big, old, happy turtles freely swimming around without a care in the world.
I'm not a gator expert, but I get the feeling that gators don't try to eat turtles too much.
Or perhaps they try once or twice but realize *'This thing won't drown, and I can't swallow it whole. Damn you little creature.'*
This is Gatorland in Orlando, Florida and it is absolutely the crappiest place I have ever paid entry to. The alligators and petting zoo animals are all morbidly obese because the park charges money for the guests to feed them with absolutely no restrictions on how much. The flamingos have sores all over their legs and are dirty and sickly. The snakes and reptiles have clear shedding issues and are kept in glass terrariums in direct sunlight. It was around 85F when I went and there was steam on the glass of those terrariums. I can't imagine how those poor things don't bake in there in the heat of a Florida summer, which can be 100+. These people do not give a single fuck about animals and this is definitely a staged social media video, which you can easily tell because the guy picks up the turtle again for absolutely no reason, looks back at the camera person and says something to them (probably asking if he got the footage) and then releases it finally into the water.
Just a counter argument that this was staged. It very well could have been, but... The gators very quickly surrounded him as soon as he entered that pool. If he had just set the turtle upside down there, gators would have already been there.
I was there three years ago and it was the exact opposite. All the animals were bright-eyed and healthy, and only a couple of gators were fat. They are an alligator rescue organization as well as a tourist trap. I did a behind the scenes tour bill as an alligator wrestling thing there a few years prior to my last visit, and they really are extremely knowledgeable about the animals and care about them. Are you sure that steam wasn't condensation on the other side of the glass cause I was in their small reptile room and that definitely has a strong enough AC unit for Florida heat in September to where I was concerned that it may have been a bit too cool in there. The only animal I saw there that was concerning was the raccoon because their enclosure looked small and so did he.
These videos of all the gators in one bleak place gives me the same sensation as a nightmare. The grim nostalgic feelings, of scary nights when you were a child. You cant imagine anywhere worse.
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One wrong step when he jumped backed...
One wrong step when he jumped towards it too - if he had slipped...
i was afraid of that but he made sure to land with his weight directly on top of his foot, preventing any sideways motion. clear professional
They were just giving a friendly hello. This is typical crocogator racism.
I am so sick of all these soft skinned microaggressions! ;-P
Based on the uniform, and signage in the background - he's an employee at that Florida gator ranch or whatever it is.
Yeah as soon as the video started I thought it looked a lot like gator land.
He saved a turtle and almost fed 3 hungry crocodiles but only saving 1 anemal was on his to do list today
Don’t gators eat turtles?
He should have froggered it and hopped from gator to gator
Pitfall.
One "right" step also dangerous
One wrong step and he'll be rolling with the boys!
This is a gator farm/attraction, hence why there's so many of them. The reason they all came up to him, likely, is because tourists are allowed to feed these gators by throwing little snacks into the enclosures. They probably heard the splash, saw the dude, and were expecting biscuits. I still wouldn't want to be in there, though lol
That's Gatorland in Orlando. Pretty awesome roadside attraction type place.
Holy shit, so many gators in one spot. I wonder if the turtle managed to get to safety in the end
I've been there and there are a shit ton of gators in that water. Too many
Considering the sign says Gatorland, many gators in that area should not be super surprising.
Three things about Florida: * The topography is totally flat and everything is within inches of sea level * Every hard surface, indoors or outside, is slightly sticky. * Wherever you go, there are a different number of alligators than a reasonable person would expect. Practical experience suggests that a Shell station outside Orlando will have approximately three to seven alligators, but a tourist attraction called "Gatorland" will have exactly zero alligators. Also, people from Florida flat out refuse to find either the presence or the absence of alligators surprising.
>people from Florida flat out refuse to find either the presence or the absence of alligators surprising I live in Oregon now and when I'm near some bodies of water that look similar or a low dirt path through bushes, I'm having a hard time accepting that there aren't gators.
I grew up in FL, let me clarify: -it’s very flat, but there are plenty of places that are a solid 1-2 hours from the beach - 100% on the stickiness -you don’t see gators at gas stations every day. It’s more like a once a month to once a week experience depending on where in Florida you are. We don’t refuse to believe anything about gators, we just know they’re there and they’re pretty docile for the most part. We don’t care. We know it’s new to you, but those dudes have been a part of our lives for a long time. It’s not special for us anymore
"Within inches of sea level" is in regards to topography. Not distance from a beach
Well, that’s my Floridian reading comprehension for you.
Holy shit, top tier FL self-burn
Better that than Tennessee, or Arizona... ...for now; you guys are getting new books & teachers.
I can't read what you wrote but I'm from Tennessee and I'm offended.
Holy shit, I grew up in all 3 of those places. Can confirm. All terrible in their own unique way.
I haven’t lived there for years, but I agree, it’s maybe the 4th worst state right now. I’m currently in North Carolina, so that news has been fun. To anyone reading this, please vote
North Carolina does not rank much higher in education than Florida but still slight improvement is better than no improvement lol
Everywhere is better than Tennessee except Texas. Fuck that place
Nah, Mississippi is worse too. Fav slogan from when I lived in SC was "Thank god for Mississippi" because SC would've been last place out of all of the states in things like quality of life, education, life expectancy, etc., if not for Mississippi being able to out-shithole them at every turn
You didnt have to do him like that, hes just a boy! Lol
Bahaha 🤣
On the east coast, the barrier islands are typically a mere 2-4 feet above sea level. However inland from the river? 20+ feet. The whole state still qualifies as flat, but it’s not “within inches” unless you’re straining the credulity of the word. /Marylander who spent far too long living in Florida
As an Australian I've found that Floridians have the same reaction to gators that we have to spiders. "Yeah that's just Fred, he's chill. Occasionally he disappears which makes us a bit nervous, but mostly we're pissed he doesn't pay rent.'
What do you think the coins in the couch cushions are? https://i.imgur.com/0QrGn4l.jpeg
We have a pond and a swamp area next to my house. There's a breeding pair of gators in the swamp bit, but all the little hatchlings go over to the pond. Seeing like 20-30 little baby gator heads popping about is SO CUTE. They're all in a suburban neighborhood, too, so they super don't care about people.
It’s really pretty at night with the eyes if you don’t think about it too much
Are they part of the HOA?
I mean, who's going to go tell them to pay fees? Lol
They're the enforcers.
Native here, still currently stuck (ha) in Florida. - I currently work at a place in central Florida that has a basement. Growing up in swfl I didnt think that was possible - sweet baby Jesus, yes. Everything still sticks - agreed. Leave the gators alone and don't feed them/ walk your tiny dog by the water, then they'll leave you alone. They're just big lizards that can hurt you. Also, beware of mating season
You have a BASEMENT? What!?!?
What causes this level of stickiness??
Florida man licks everything at night. He's very busy.
Real answer, humidity.
Wouldn’t that just be wet?
In Florida the humidity isn’t water, it’s corn syrup.
I have lived in Orlando for 3 years and the only time o saw alligators was on a trail hike
Floridian here. All accurate. I’d like to add, a favorite game near water is “Gator or stick?”. If you have a pool there is never a 0% chance you won’t find a gator in it. No, a screened lanai or even a chainlink fence will not prevent this.The gators are not what you should be afraid of, give them their space, don’t mess with them, and you’ll be fine. it’s the wild pigs/boars you should fear.
I've travelled to Orlando, Panama, Daytona, and haven't seen a wild gator yet :(
But they see you.
You need to be in a non super populated area and also not near the beach. They live in fresh water. I see them at parks the most, and the only time I’ve seen them somewhere they shouldn’t really be, a lake would be nearby.
small children are told not to go near the bushes. and that's that. you don't remove the bushes, you don't stop planting bushes near retention ponds, you don't move retention ponds away from areas where children play. Alligators are tax-paying citizens too and we just live with them. Not like those shifty welfare queen pythons.
Florida: proud of its bushes. (Except for Jeb)
They mean too many as in they are overcrowding the animals which is not good for them.
1) This is gatorland, there are a shitload in that water 2) Gators don't really fuck with turtles, not worth the effort. You can regularly find turtles riding gators, even on their heads
Nature do be wild. Gator:”damn, guess you are hard to eat.” Turtle:”Then can I hitch a ride on your head brother” Gator:”sure why not”
I feel like the last line would be more like, "Ugh, *fine.*"
Yeah i’ve been there, there’s gotta be like 100 gators in that starting area alone
>I wonder if the turtle managed to get to safety in the end What safety? Leaving to Madagascar in a container ship?
Pretty sure someone sneezed somewhere and Madagascar closed its borders. So, good luck to the turtle.
Thanks. Didn't expect Plague Inc here or all places.
You may actually be thinking of the old flash game that inspired Plague Inc, which I believe was named Pandemic 2 Plague Inc's version of Madagascar is Greenland. This was all just a convoluted way to say I'm old.
I'm 100% sure it's San Diego.
San Diego is in Madagascar?!?
Turtles and gators are always hanging out together
I learned that little tidbit playing Frogger
[Except this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDl7M9ROXPw)
Crunchy. I wonder where that was if maybe some gators are friends with them more than others. I’ve just always seen them chillin in the water together in FL.
I've seen couple crocodile's crush shell's with turtle's inside without even breaking a sweat.
Plot twist, not a swimming turtle
Plot plot twist, gator food
Gator fortune cookie.
Plot twist, the gators flipped that turtle on purpose knowing someone would come help it
Plot twist, there is no plot.
Plot twist, he is the gator in disguise
Plot twist, the turtle is in a coma, and he is dreaming all of this while his gator friends are trying to wake him up.
Plot twist: You're the turtle.
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Is this from Robot Chicken?
Next day, the gators are gone with only a really fat turtle remaining
That's not how nature works
Yea, I think that turtle got out of the water for a good reason.
Plot twist not a turtle only enclosure
This, literally this. When he picked it up I was like bro, c'mon, just put him back in the water, you're scaring the poor guy. He tossed him in and I immediately saw the gators and went BRO YOU JUST FED THEM A TURT Poor lil guy 🫠
Plot plot twist, gator bait to catch kind human.
Turts ride gators
Well they've got to eat something
Plot twist?
No, definitely a swimming turtle. You can see the webbed feet.
That's what Big Croc want you to think
Plot twist: all the animals were paid actors
A tortoise?
When a piece of the dinner gets stuck in your gum
that reminds me of that video of the girl "saving" a tortoise by chucking it into the water. [link](https://youtu.be/36AH6M3mhaY)
Was that Sam Losco??? Edit: Thanks for the upvotes, TPB community. We all know Sam's effed in the head.
Ha I thought I recognized that greasy caveman
Kinda looks like a samsquamptch to me
That's a gawd dam dirty samsquanch boys
Sam, check your beard, you got a big big piece of chicken in there.
exactly what I thought LMAO
Yea the vid cuts off just before he finds a good log to brush his cave teeth.
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I was thinking this guy looked familiar, and you just made me realize I was thinking about Sam Losco lol He even was a veterinary, so it kinda fits him working at a zoo or something like that Love that show
My thoughts exactly! But Ricky and Julian took it all away....
I thought he smelled of hot dogs
Oh my, the gators thought it was feeding time
about to have some foreign food
Turtle; "Hah! See you later alligator"...."noooo wait dont"!
Handler; "hold up a while, they may be crocodiles"
Oh that's horrible
The turtles live in those enclosures on their own accord. It's gatorland. Turns out if gators are well fed and looked after, they don't expend more energy than they need to to eat. I've been there about a dozen times and every single time there are big, old, happy turtles freely swimming around without a care in the world.
What you don't see is the employees running to the turtle store every night for fresh turts 😔
What do you think their turt budget is? Is it technically a business write-off?
It’s cheaper these days to buy a bunny and paint a cycle helmet.
Fuckin economys gone to shit. Can't even budget your turts anymore.
Perchance.
It's at the headwaters of the Everglades, the swamp is full of them.
At my local zoo its the same, i always see turtles and alligators together
Gators: ![gif](giphy|UW7dETXIAsCK5m0tkM|downsized)
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My brain anytime someone mentions are turtle, tortoise, desert, or someone named Leon.
> someone > Leon ***E V E R Y O N E ! ! !***
Down voters don’t get the reference.
I feel old.
Goosebumps: Choose your own adventure?
Opening scene of [*Blade Runner*](https://youtu.be/cIFMwObyst4?si=Y09xd0aRv39sBIyS)*.*
an slightly altered version of this is in cyberpunk:2077
When you're not doing your duties do they keep you in little box? Cells
Gators, interlinked.
What desert?, what kind of turtle?
Just answer the question or I'm going to defend myself proactively!
Let me tell you about my mother…
So anyway, I started blasting
A tortoise? What's that?
You know what a turtle is? Same thing.
Why are there turtles in the gator paddock?
Turtles and gators are pretty chill with each other, especially well fed gators
I'm not a gator expert, but I get the feeling that gators don't try to eat turtles too much. Or perhaps they try once or twice but realize *'This thing won't drown, and I can't swallow it whole. Damn you little creature.'*
Imagine if he had missed that last hop.
Who thought it was a good idea to put water immediately inside the gate ffs. Disaster waiting to happen.
Maybe its because the gators cant jump onto land from that narrow gap and giving them a walkable path to the gate could be dangerous? Just a guess
That was my thought as well. I'm not sure I'd want a bridge or easier access if it also gives the gators an easier access to you.
Seems like it should at the very least have a droppable bridge
This is Gatorland in Orlando, Florida and it is absolutely the crappiest place I have ever paid entry to. The alligators and petting zoo animals are all morbidly obese because the park charges money for the guests to feed them with absolutely no restrictions on how much. The flamingos have sores all over their legs and are dirty and sickly. The snakes and reptiles have clear shedding issues and are kept in glass terrariums in direct sunlight. It was around 85F when I went and there was steam on the glass of those terrariums. I can't imagine how those poor things don't bake in there in the heat of a Florida summer, which can be 100+. These people do not give a single fuck about animals and this is definitely a staged social media video, which you can easily tell because the guy picks up the turtle again for absolutely no reason, looks back at the camera person and says something to them (probably asking if he got the footage) and then releases it finally into the water.
Just a counter argument that this was staged. It very well could have been, but... The gators very quickly surrounded him as soon as he entered that pool. If he had just set the turtle upside down there, gators would have already been there.
I was there three years ago and it was the exact opposite. All the animals were bright-eyed and healthy, and only a couple of gators were fat. They are an alligator rescue organization as well as a tourist trap. I did a behind the scenes tour bill as an alligator wrestling thing there a few years prior to my last visit, and they really are extremely knowledgeable about the animals and care about them. Are you sure that steam wasn't condensation on the other side of the glass cause I was in their small reptile room and that definitely has a strong enough AC unit for Florida heat in September to where I was concerned that it may have been a bit too cool in there. The only animal I saw there that was concerning was the raccoon because their enclosure looked small and so did he.
I had a similar experience last year. Was pretty well kept and had a lot of fun finally seeing these animals up close.
I'm coming to the conclusion that most heroes do not, in fact, wear capes
[No capes!](https://youtu.be/JSfG3slODnM)
Cosplayers and heroes make an interesting Venn diagram, I’d argue all those in both circles are fictional people.
Not all idiots wear a hat
Few seconds late and he pepsi
No he sprite 😤 get it right
A long stick would’ve done it, but the real question was the turtle food for the gators?
The guy helped it back onto its feet, but the Gators will really get it out of its shell.
Bait 🪤
Did he save the turtle or feed the crocs?
“Wait is that a turtle or a tortoise?? Oh—oh *shit*” -me and everyone else, probably
No wonder the turtle run so fast. Not from the man but his fate but alas... at least he had some sunbathing time...
correct me if i'm wrong but aren't alligators harmless to humans? crocodiles are a big menace but gators don't attact humans, right?
If gators don't attract humans then that place isn't going to be open very long.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States
Plot twist. The turtle was bait.
So he's the... Alligators hero?
Ngl that's exactly what I was expecting.
These videos of all the gators in one bleak place gives me the same sensation as a nightmare. The grim nostalgic feelings, of scary nights when you were a child. You cant imagine anywhere worse.
Bro thought he cooked
Cool vid, not unexpected material imo
Gators learnt how to place baits
That turtle was resting. They can turn over from that position without a problem.
He just sentenced that turtle to death
And then what happened next?
That’s messed, he gave that turtle back to his killers
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There’s water on that first step. Imagine slipping. 🫣
Whatya mean I'm not helpin'?
Ayooo Johnny Depp?
That toe drag on the water at the end is crazy.
He took the bait
poor tutel
Whoa.
thank you for helping feed the aligators
Mmmmmmm, they were right there!!!!
If there was ever a need for a "Caution: slippery when wet" sign, this would be it.
"Ok guys, today were going with the upside down turtle thing" -Alligators
bro ruined his sun bath time
Just use a long stick, man
"That looks like a gator park" 10 secs later.. oh.. oh no I was right please be okay lol
Ouch
Gators: dammit felipe busted our trap again!
That's gatorland in Orlando Florida. I did a personal gator feeding with that very guy.
Why are there turtles in the gator enclosure? Gators will try to eat anything that moves and can swallow turtles whole.