[Salamander]

Did the alligator faint from the sheer awesomeness of the shot?

[someone needs to shop “whoa!” above the gator’s head before it flops down]

[Albion Wilde]

Did the alligator faint from the sheer awesomeness of the shot?

I noticed that, too. Maybe it's that alligator's "conditioned response" from being around the golf course—when he hears that "Whap!", he lays low and alerts, in case he has to roll out of the way of an incoming ball missile at a gazillion mph!