I never understood people who were scared of spiders or snakes or sharks or any of the other common animal phobias. Animals are just animals, they're all chill, they're part of the ecosystem and they're great.
Until i first saw one of these types of fuckers. God those things are fucking terrifying to me, even just to look at. They made some parts of red dead 2 legit unplayable because i was such a pussy about them. I assume the alligator is the slightly more terrifying one on the left
These guys evoke the same feeling in me as an adult that the dinosaurs from the King Kong PS2 game did as a kid
It's funny how irrational it usually is. You obviously understand why you shouldn't be afraid of them but your gut doesn't care. (Something something reactionary thought and gut impulses)
I have done research with lots of reptiles and at this point I just find these big dudes cute, like uguu~ squish their faces cute. But I grew up in a house full of potentially dangerous spiders and I still jump when I see one, even though I know not to be afraid. My guess is that as a kid I probably saw my parents who are not biology-brains freaking out when I was near spiders, and I just absorbed the message that I should be terrified.
I love pics of the Everglades at night where it's just a ton of gator eyes reflecting in the dark, that's the scariest to me. Grew up in Florida so seeing them out and about wasn't too uncommon
Aligators have an overbite, Crocs don't, is that right?
Anyway, crocodiles can get fucking huge. Like I had no idea until I saw an adult one in person just how big they are.
they actually can just keep growing provided they have enough food. They'd eventually die because their heart collapses or they can't move, but they'd get really big if you just kept feeding them for a while.
Alligators have big fat heads cause they're American. That's how I remember it.
The best way to tell an alligator or crocodile apart is if they will see you later or in a while.
I mean the anatomy is there so they could probably try if they really wanted, but they can't reproduce. Last common ancestor was like 100 million years ago. They look way closer related than they actually are.
I was going to joke that this means they used to be the same thing, but I guess that's more or less what evolution says.
Crocodiles talk in falsetto like a baudy Meryl Streep, just to annoy everyone; while alligators talk like Jerry Lewis because its funny.
It's an easy distinction to make, although even Steve Irwin became bamboozled when, filming on location in northern Australia, he thought Meryl Streep was asking him to 'show us your arse' from a bed of rushes.
Why does the crocodile have the Punisher symbol for nostrils? ACAB?
A good way to remember is that Crocs (the sandals) are round, exactly like the snout of an alligator.
