Wierd Alligator Stuff
Jul 26, 2020 10:14:13 #
We got a whole series of this guy. Anyone know what's going on with this Alligator? Tony? Anybody?
Jul 26, 2020 10:17:53 #
Jul 26, 2020 10:21:35 #
Retired CPO wrote:
We got a whole series of this guy. Anyone know what's going on with this Alligator? Tony? Anybody?
If you mean "why does it lie with its mouth open", here's an explanation from the Vancouver Zoo:
Why do alligators and crocodiles often sit with their mouths open? This behaviour is called gaping and is done when the crocodilian is basking in the sun. Experts think that this may cool the crocodilian. However they also do this during rain and at night which suggests that gaping has a social function as well.
Jul 26, 2020 10:22:21 #
Jul 26, 2020 10:28:20 #
From the download zoomed, I'd say he "bit off more than he can chew" or swallow. Just what, who knows.
Jul 26, 2020 10:30:08 #
DebAnn wrote:
If you mean "why does it lie with its mouth open", here's an explanation from the Vancouver Zoo:
Why do alligators and crocodiles often sit with their mouths open? This behaviour is called gaping and is done when the crocodilian is basking in the sun. Experts think that this may cool the crocodilian. However they also do this during rain and at night which suggests that gaping has a social function as well.
Why do alligators and crocodiles often sit with their mouths open? This behaviour is called gaping and is done when the crocodilian is basking in the sun. Experts think that this may cool the crocodilian. However they also do this during rain and at night which suggests that gaping has a social function as well.
Thanks, DebAnn. But what I was talking about, you might have to use download to see it, is the huge white thing that looks too big to swallow. It has tears in it from teeth. Usually gators tear off parts that they can swallow. But this guy was acting very strangely. In the second photo he put his head up on the bank like he was resting and just laid there with his mouth open I can't tell if it's something he is trying to eat or if it's part of him, like a float bladder or something.
Jul 26, 2020 10:32:12 #
quixdraw wrote:
From the download zoomed, I'd say he "bit off more than he can chew" or swallow. Just what, who knows.
Yeah, maybe QD. But it doesn't look normal to me. (see my previous response).
Jul 26, 2020 10:40:26 #
I can't tell for sure from these images but I would say it is not normal behaviour. Maybe something regurgitated that he hasn't completely gotten rid of?
Jul 26, 2020 10:43:43 #
Could be, Ken. He was just laying with his head resting on the bank not trying to swallow or trying to get rid of it. Thanks.
Jul 26, 2020 10:46:47 #
Jul 26, 2020 10:52:11 #
quixdraw wrote:
Wait, wait - he got a piece of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man!
Maybe. I thought it was the Michelin Man.
Jul 26, 2020 10:53:55 #
Jul 26, 2020 10:55:15 #
Retired CPO wrote:
We got a whole series of this guy. Anyone know what's going on with this Alligator? Tony? Anybody?
More like weird? Certainly...
Jul 26, 2020 11:00:55 #
Julian wrote:
More like weird? Certainly...
Uh Oh. Did I miss-spell something again? I hate it when that happens! I'm surprised spell check didn't catch it.
Thanks.
Jul 26, 2020 11:45:37 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
It looks like an old gallon plastic jug Like bleach comes in, big end in his throat, cap end pointing out and a little chewed up. If that's it I hope it's not stuck. Some people use those for jug fishing as a float holding a bait below. Being white he may have struck it from below thinking it was a bird and got it stuck in his mouth.
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