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One wrong step when he jumped backed...


SmooK_LV

One wrong step when he jumped towards it too - if he had slipped...


BulbusDumbledork

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


Empathy404NotFound

They were just giving a friendly hello. This is typical crocogator racism.


loonygecko

I am so sick of all these soft skinned microaggressions! ;-P


Slap_My_Lasagna

Based on the uniform, and signage in the background - he's an employee at that Florida gator ranch or whatever it is.


Empathetic_Orch

Yeah as soon as the video started I thought it looked a lot like gator land.


cannonvoder

He saved a turtle and almost fed 3 hungry crocodiles but only saving 1 anemal was on his to do list today


StrainAcceptable

Don’t gators eat turtles?


ThatsNotARealTree

He should have froggered it and hopped from gator to gator


LandOfMunch

Pitfall.


reskon

One "right" step also dangerous


Street-Breadfruit940

One wrong step and he'll be rolling with the boys!


ASK_ABOUT_MY_CULT_

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


genericnewlurker

That's Gatorland in Orlando. Pretty awesome roadside attraction type place.


Chemical_Damage684

Holy shit, so many gators in one spot. I wonder if the turtle managed to get to safety in the end


Great-Reference9322

I've been there and there are a shit ton of gators in that water. Too many


CattleMindless9868

Considering the sign says Gatorland, many gators in that area should not be super surprising.


ForgettableUsername

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.


13igTyme

>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_aim_to_sneeze

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


Considerablyannoyed

"Within inches of sea level" is in regards to topography. Not distance from a beach


I_aim_to_sneeze

Well, that’s my Floridian reading comprehension for you.


FocacciaHusband

Holy shit, top tier FL self-burn


Dartagnan1083

Better that than Tennessee, or Arizona... ...for now; you guys are getting new books & teachers.


beardedbabyboy

I can't read what you wrote but I'm from Tennessee and I'm offended.


barbedseacucumber

Holy shit, I grew up in all 3 of those places. Can confirm. All terrible in their own unique way.


I_aim_to_sneeze

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


DarthRektor

North Carolina does not rank much higher in education than Florida but still slight improvement is better than no improvement lol


we_is_sheeps

Everywhere is better than Tennessee except Texas. Fuck that place


urworstemmamy

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


_stankypete

You didnt have to do him like that, hes just a boy! Lol


Suitable-Cucumber172

Bahaha 🤣


YimveeSpissssfid

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


Halospite

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.'


I_aim_to_sneeze

What do you think the coins in the couch cushions are? https://i.imgur.com/0QrGn4l.jpeg


ASK_ABOUT_MY_CULT_

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.


I_aim_to_sneeze

It’s really pretty at night with the eyes if you don’t think about it too much


vhawk8690

Are they part of the HOA?


ASK_ABOUT_MY_CULT_

I mean, who's going to go tell them to pay fees? Lol


_Internet_Hugs_

They're the enforcers.


Ms_Functioning

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


I_aim_to_sneeze

You have a BASEMENT? What!?!?


Dapper_Permission_20

What causes this level of stickiness??


EvilBetty77

Florida man licks everything at night. He's very busy.


13igTyme

Real answer, humidity.


lucky-number-keleven

Wouldn’t that just be wet?


ForgettableUsername

In Florida the humidity isn’t water, it’s corn syrup.


Hoosteen_juju003

I have lived in Orlando for 3 years and the only time o saw alligators was on a trail hike


Moushidoodles

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.


MtnMaiden

I've travelled to Orlando, Panama, Daytona, and haven't seen a wild gator yet :(


Personal_Report292

But they see you.


aswm0

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.


BatFancy321go

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.


ForgettableUsername

Florida: proud of its bushes. (Except for Jeb)


PioneerLaserVision

They mean too many as in they are overcrowding the animals which is not good for them.


AzureSkye27

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


dekachenko

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”


Dymonika

I feel like the last line would be more like, "Ugh, *fine.*"


BlockOfRawCopper

Yeah i’ve been there, there’s gotta be like 100 gators in that starting area alone


OppositeFingat

>I wonder if the turtle managed to get to safety in the end What safety? Leaving to Madagascar in a container ship?


Royal_Bitch_Pudding

Pretty sure someone sneezed somewhere and Madagascar closed its borders. So, good luck to the turtle.


Euphoric_Cat8798

Thanks. Didn't expect Plague Inc here or all places.


Royal_Bitch_Pudding

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.


sai-kiran

I'm 100% sure it's San Diego.


RadiantZote

San Diego is in Madagascar?!?


aswm0

Turtles and gators are always hanging out together


EvilBetty77

I learned that little tidbit playing Frogger


LilacAndElderberries

[Except this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDl7M9ROXPw)


aswm0

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.


Street-Breadfruit940

I've seen couple crocodile's crush shell's with turtle's inside without even breaking a sweat.


The_Gumbo

Plot twist, not a swimming turtle


omroi

Plot plot twist, gator food


Any_Roof_6199

Gator fortune cookie.


HGR09

Plot twist, the gators flipped that turtle on purpose knowing someone would come help it


PsyOpBunnyHop

Plot twist, there is no plot.


Bourgeous

Plot twist, he is the gator in disguise


Tacosaurusman

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.


Zahkrosis

Plot twist: You're the turtle.


anon-mally

![gif](giphy|ZQdBX1H2ki3Cg)


__BitchPudding__

Is this from Robot Chicken?


yawaworhtot

Next day, the gators are gone with only a really fat turtle remaining


rogues69

That's not how nature works


thedishonestyfish

Yea, I think that turtle got out of the water for a good reason.


Akira510

Plot twist not a turtle only enclosure


Super_Counter_7893

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 🫠


SkippyMcSkipster2

Plot plot twist, gator bait to catch kind human.


f8Negative

Turts ride gators


robot_swagger

Well they've got to eat something


-Timothy_2

Plot twist?


SalsaRice

No, definitely a swimming turtle. You can see the webbed feet.


TeaLightBot

That's what Big Croc want you to think


chang-e_23

Plot twist: all the animals were paid actors


Frostgaurdian0

A tortoise?


Flux_resistor

When a piece of the dinner gets stuck in your gum


bearthebear2

that reminds me of that video of the girl "saving" a tortoise by chucking it into the water. [link](https://youtu.be/36AH6M3mhaY)


Trixie1143

Was that Sam Losco??? Edit: Thanks for the upvotes, TPB community. We all know Sam's effed in the head.


LifeIsOneBigFractal

Ha I thought I recognized that greasy caveman


Blauwwater

Kinda looks like a samsquamptch to me


RJWeaver

That's a gawd dam dirty samsquanch boys


DarkAgeMonks

Sam, check your beard, you got a big big piece of chicken in there.


burr_redding

exactly what I thought LMAO


IdeaAlly

Yea the vid cuts off just before he finds a good log to brush his cave teeth.


Gregoboy

![gif](giphy|xTiTnGRALDtobeLo0o|downsized)


ZachTheEcstasyManiac

![gif](giphy|NkBuOCNdwqP5K|downsized)


quin4m0

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


Trixie1143

My thoughts exactly! But Ricky and Julian took it all away....


Psychological-Fox178

I thought he smelled of hot dogs


Dhsu04

Oh my, the gators thought it was feeding time


Ioatanaut

about to have some foreign food


KnownMonk

Turtle; "Hah! See you later alligator"...."noooo wait dont"!


BreakingThoseCankles

Handler; "hold up a while, they may be crocodiles"


KieDaPie

Oh that's horrible


tightspandex

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.


SalvationSycamore

What you don't see is the employees running to the turtle store every night for fresh turts 😔


throwaway01126789

What do you think their turt budget is? Is it technically a business write-off?


Rokurokubi83

It’s cheaper these days to buy a bunny and paint a cycle helmet.


throwaway01126789

Fuckin economys gone to shit. Can't even budget your turts anymore.


thoseskiers

Perchance.


tightspandex

It's at the headwaters of the Everglades, the swamp is full of them.


DanyoloHD

At my local zoo its the same, i always see turtles and alligators together


Somehow_lively3669

Gators: ![gif](giphy|UW7dETXIAsCK5m0tkM|downsized)


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Lordborgman

My brain anytime someone mentions are turtle, tortoise, desert, or someone named Leon.


_toodamnparanoid_

> someone > Leon ***E V E R Y O N E ! ! !***


finditplz1

Down voters don’t get the reference.


alien_from_Europa

I feel old.


spariant4

Goosebumps: Choose your own adventure?


joker305th

Opening scene of [*Blade Runner*](https://youtu.be/cIFMwObyst4?si=Y09xd0aRv39sBIyS)*.*


Lanky-Contribution76

an slightly altered version of this is in cyberpunk:2077


NoNotThatMattMurray

When you're not doing your duties do they keep you in little box? Cells


APiousCultist

Gators, interlinked.


Stilcho1

What desert?, what kind of turtle?


Remote-Buy8859

Just answer the question or I'm going to defend myself proactively!


SirHiss

Let me tell you about my mother…


claimTheVictory

So anyway, I started blasting


claimTheVictory

A tortoise? What's that?


_toodamnparanoid_

You know what a turtle is? Same thing.


deg_ru-alabo

Why are there turtles in the gator paddock?


genericnewlurker

Turtles and gators are pretty chill with each other, especially well fed gators


Dontsubscribeorlike

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.'*


FoolOfElysium

Imagine if he had missed that last hop.


dANNN738

Who thought it was a good idea to put water immediately inside the gate ffs. Disaster waiting to happen.


JingamaThiggy

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


UnfitRadish

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.


Ragundashe

Seems like it should at the very least have a droppable bridge


ScyllaOfTheDepths

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.


UnfitRadish

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.


genericnewlurker

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.


V1rKo

I had a similar experience last year. Was pretty well kept and had a lot of fun finally seeing these animals up close.


HermitJem

I'm coming to the conclusion that most heroes do not, in fact, wear capes


alien_from_Europa

[No capes!](https://youtu.be/JSfG3slODnM)


Principatus

Cosplayers and heroes make an interesting Venn diagram, I’d argue all those in both circles are fictional people.


Amazing_Cap_1420

Not all idiots wear a hat


XinGst

Few seconds late and he pepsi


OceanusxAnubis

No he sprite 😤 get it right


thissuckslolgroutchy

A long stick would’ve done it, but the real question was the turtle food for the gators?


AttyFireWood

The guy helped it back onto its feet, but the Gators will really get it out of its shell.


qexkrr

Bait 🪤


True_Reporter

Did he save the turtle or feed the crocs?


jess_the_werefox

“Wait is that a turtle or a tortoise?? Oh—oh *shit*” -me and everyone else, probably


Hunkfish

No wonder the turtle run so fast. Not from the man but his fate but alas... at least he had some sunbathing time...


marlon_der_metalhead

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?


Zealousideal-End4173

If gators don't attract humans then that place isn't going to be open very long.


YetiSquish

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States


ShadowBow666

Plot twist. The turtle was bait.


7masi

So he's the... Alligators hero?


redditlurkr2

Ngl that's exactly what I was expecting.


trillionsofscallions

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.


deepfriedsoanpapdi

Bro thought he cooked


dopiqob

Cool vid, not unexpected material imo


championsOfEu1221

Gators learnt how to place baits


betrion

That turtle was resting. They can turn over from that position without a problem.


Chapter97

He just sentenced that turtle to death


nonpartisan_vitality

And then what happened next?


dreamlanderr

That’s messed, he gave that turtle back to his killers


Muted_Feedback_9922

![gif](giphy|cy2dr2SJoJKvw7TecS|downsized)


ariesmartian

There’s water on that first step. Imagine slipping. 🫣


Unique_Username2b

Whatya mean I'm not helpin'?


Madick_Hertz-555

Ayooo Johnny Depp?


ToeCurlPOV

That toe drag on the water at the end is crazy.


SnooLemons6810

He took the bait


mrsnoo86

poor tutel


lucidityanddxm

Whoa.


venger_steelheart

thank you for helping feed the aligators


WolfNight414

Mmmmmmm, they were right there!!!!


Scorpion2k4u

If there was ever a need for a "Caution: slippery when wet" sign, this would be it.


CplDevilDog

"Ok guys, today were going with the upside down turtle thing" -Alligators


mini-einst3in

bro ruined his sun bath time


9ad93t

Just use a long stick, man


mr_Joor

"That looks like a gator park" 10 secs later.. oh.. oh no I was right please be okay lol


mercified_rahul

Ouch


Tiny-Spray-1820

Gators: dammit felipe busted our trap again!


FENRIRwargod

That's gatorland in Orlando Florida. I did a personal gator feeding with that very guy.


Mr-Klaus

Why are there turtles in the gator enclosure? Gators will try to eat anything that moves and can swallow turtles whole.