r/BeAmazed • u/Dynastyisog • Jan 04 '25

Animal Dude explains why alligator won't kill him

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u/MedicalChemistry5111 Jan 04 '25

Things I wouldn't dare with a saltwater crocodile.

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u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons Jan 04 '25

Funnily enough there are some villages in South America?, Africa? (I'd have to look it up again), that kind of keep saltwater males as pets. They feed them regularly and interact with them to an extent. This allows them to keep a healthy male that will fight off others from coming near the village, therein keeping everyone safe from crocodiles by semi- keeping one as a pet.

Found a video on it round 11:00. The whole video is pretty cool, but this is what I remember hearing about at 11:00.

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u/PioneerLaserVision Jan 05 '25

Saltwater crocodiles live in Australia.  There are other species in Africa and South and Central America.

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u/xfilesvault Jan 05 '25

There aren't saltwater crocodiles in the US, but the American crocodile does live in Florida and it is salt water tolerant. Also in the Carribean.

And obviously there are American alligator also lives in Florida, along with a lot of other states.

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u/hauntedbrunch Jan 05 '25

American crocodiles are only found in saltwater dominate and brackish waters. Alligators primarily reside in freshwater habitats but are commonly found in brackish areas as well, and sometimes salt water. Just the other day I saw an alligator swimming in the ocean here in Florida while I was on my morning run.

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u/PioneerLaserVision Jan 05 '25

Yes, I'm aware.  I was responding to someone who claimed that Saltwater Crocodiles lived in South America and/or Africa.  Go correct them

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u/MedicalChemistry5111 Jan 04 '25

Do they get in the water and cuddle it? LMAO!