Shocking video shows Florida woman hand-feeding an ALLIGATOR she named 'Puppy'

Daily Mail UK ^ | 4-1-2014 | Joshua Gardner

[smokingfrog]

Video at link.

[Bullish]

I love pets until they bite my hand off.... Then not so much.

[rey]

Reminds me of that “Facces of Death” video:

“Someone call about a gator?”

[Ray76]

Not only is it against the law, but she will lose her hand or arm before she even perceives the attack. She’s an idiot.

[chae]

Not that much different from owning a pit bull...

[SpaceBar]

Reptiles have very primitive brains and are incapable of love and compassion unlike say a rat or dog which can. They are never “pets” but merely display animals and biological curiosities.

[OrangeHoof]

And this differs from owning a pit bull how?

[goldstategop]

Teaser to ANIMALPLANET’s upcoming GATOR GIRLS.

Film at 11.

[McGruff]

I see stupid people.

[lastchance]

Exactly.

[Jeff Chandler]

[chemicalman]

We have about an 8 footer living in our waste water pond. Leftovers from out shift dinners go to TeeGrou.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Better never underestimate a gator’s IQ, they will surprise you.

[Little Pig]

Gators are quite stupid, from what friends in FL tell me. They don’t really have enough brains to conduct complex operations the way mammalian predators do. However, being stupid doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous. They don’t need to be smart, since they’ve already got all the instinctual equipment they need to catch food (coloration, aquatic capability, inescapable bite etc).

[ZULU]

http://www.chicagoherp.org/bulletin/41%28Supplement%29.pdf

http://www.dkulczyk.com/tag/grace-olive-wiley/

[doorgunner69]

That gots to be Photoshop!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It’s from the 1999 movie “Lake Placid.” Let’s go to the video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fiFrAnvoug

[BerryDingle]

“Someone call about a gator?”

Yeah, had a cowboy hat on and was standing up in a rowboat, and "lasooed" the gator. Nothing left but the hat floating on the water.

[Rodamala]

The Grace Wiley piece was amazing... I never knew. Thanks.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’ve been up close to them for almost 70 years, best not listen to someone living in a condo. Intelligence can’t be measured across all species using a common yardstick, it comes in too many different packages.