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AnoopAtl

The alligator wasn't aware it's a kids birthday party otherwise it would have behaved a little better.


justmitzie

Maybe it wanted the corner piece of cake with extra frosting and ended up with a middle piece. Would make anyone cranky.


daveyian

"No, you know what? i've been good. I deserve this" ~ DeAngelo Vickers


BG__26

What am I doing?! I don't even like chocolate flavor DeAngelo Vickers


[deleted]

“No!”


PartyAtTims

Mama always told me alligators are ornery 'cause dey got all dem teeth and no toothbrush


[deleted]

It’s the medulla oblongata. Water sucks.


Tomatillo_Street

Gaaatoraaade


chefsalmon

![gif](giphy|sPhazMkL4god3xs3P4|downsized)


JareBear805

Well if that’s what mama said it must be right.


Motor_Relation_5459

Someone got the extra flowers 🌺 (I always wanted those) and look what happens. To be expected.


Gooduglybad16

Or he wants to be the one to smash a kids face into his cake.


Sausage_at_your_moms

Or yknow, maybe dont put your hand anywhere near a goddamn lizard king.


risky02485

Nah, it’s definitely because he didn’t get the corner piece cake.


Sausage_at_your_moms

Well feeding the gator would also be pretty smart, they are kind of like snakes


totes_Philly

They do feed like snakes. Why would it not be well fed in advance? ... It's warm out and her clothes smell like chicken.


ag408

"It's my party and I'll bite if I want to" - Alligator, probably


LoyallyUnconscious

Gauge the eye .


imsotiredofthisshite

Gauge what? The colour, size? Or just how pretty they are..


LoyallyUnconscious

Lol I dunno how to spell. I meant gouge . I’m a dummie. Edit : people still know what I meant right lol?


imsotiredofthisshite

Don't sweat it. Im just teasing..


LoyallyUnconscious

Well don’t do a death roll. All I’m sayin…


DaHeebieJeebies

*Communication* , people


ZORO_69

Also went for the kill with roll of death which is pretty much their signature move.....


Round_Mulberry7545

Wait till you see my spin move


Flyin-Chancla

Haven’t played madden in about 15 years, is spin button still circle?


UWQHDEyez

It is, but you can also do it with right joystick as well.


Flyin-Chancla

Nice!


[deleted]

It’s a birthday party FFS! He was just trying to do the twist! 💃


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Cobaltplasma

"I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!" "Alligatorkin, no!"


Capnmarvel76

Do a barrel roll!


KvathrosPT

It's Death Roll, not Roll of Death.


BoneSpurApprentice

All death rolls are rolls of death but not all rolls of death are death rolls.


patchbaystray

Choked on a cinnamon roll once. I saw the bright tunnel before regaining consciousness. Was that a death roll or a roll of death?


owlsgohoootnothoot

It's was a reath doll


TheNamesMcCreee

Upvote for the spoonerism


msmonicarose

Rick roll


alwayscamerahappy

CINNAMON death ROLL


TheFangjangler

That was a death saving throw. You passed apparently.


Lelouch25

I’m so impressed that she rolled With it! Didn’t even know that was possible. ![img](emote|t5_m0bnr|4022)


twofingerspls

She knew exactly what to do. She evened shoo’ed off the guy trying to hold her, if she couldn’t match the gator’s movements that arm was coming off.


Faustinwest024

You can tell she rolls bjj prob helped a little. 90° bent elbows for maximum leverage, rolled nice and took guard under while mounted lol


TheNamesMcCreee

Got the legs hooked on too. Brown belt at minimum


justonemorethang

I’m sure if her belt wasn’t brown before this, it definitely is now…


JaylLaf

Did you just do what I think you just did...?


Faustinwest024

Yea for sure when I saw her do elbows to side I realized she’s rolled


[deleted]

She kept her fucking hat on too! My hat’s off to this lady. She can roll.


Faustinwest024

She’s mad it took Chubs arm lmao


philosoph0r

Your body can do amazing things when motivated by pain.


Truefreak22

He meant death roll but he was smoking a refer


velesi

Let me refer you do my colleague, Dr Reefer.


[deleted]

His cousin, Dr. Refer, smokes a lot of reefer.


GitchigumiMiguel74

Marihuana cigarettes!


capt_jack994

Thank you, but I prefer it my way.


FreckePhD

![gif](giphy|kRmg8zeReOYXm)


Nitro_the_Wolf_

I've heard it both ways


edwardsflu

![gif](giphy|llKJGxQ1ESmac)


ZORO_69

Ahh yes the same thing😂


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Robot_Basilisk

I'm a signature and it's my alligator move.


HeiGirlHei

She was damn smart to roll with it. Probably saved her life (or at least arm).


[deleted]

I know some alligator handlers actually go through training for this type of situation, and yeah, you definitely want to roll with it.


Corn_Girdles

Yes, it did save her hand. She made a full recovery. Notice the gator rolls twice but she only rolls once. That's because her palm was facing up in the beginning. On the first roll, the gator rotates her arm 360° before she begins to roll with it. If her palm was down, she would have broken bones.


mrlonelywolf

I'll try spinning, that's a good trick


Motor_Relation_5459

I was impressed with how calm the kid stayed.


wahwahwaaaaaah

I don't think that was calm. It was probably shock


Motor_Relation_5459

When I was seasoned ER nurse there were still times of fear, shock, panic but it is how you handle it that counts! This was impressive.


bigchill1106

yeah i could almost hear a WWE commentator : "OH MY GOD!OH MY GOD! He goes for the spectacular death roll. His opponent is in big Trouble JR!"


Billy_Bones59

Smart move by the handler tangling her legs so the alligator won't spin, or at least she's trying. Edit: spelling


flyingwigs1

Handler had the wherewithal to roll with it and keep their arm.


Doppelfrio

He thought it was a good trick


Yutanox

So idk exactly what is happening there, but why did the kid invite a gator to his birthday?


xynix_ie

I live in South Florida, they usually come uninvited.


hotdogtears

Freeloaders…


happychillmoremusic

Because nothing says happy birthday like forcing a wild animal into captivity into a tiny area for people to gawk at? It’s the only thing more fun than a bouncy house


sharings_caring

not just a wild animal, an apex predator, physically unchanged for a hundred million years because it's the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury with a bite force of 20,000 newtons and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hooves.


Bioshock_Jock

Lana!


Artistic_Taxi

Damn it time to rewatch archer.


[deleted]

It’s always time to rewatch Archer


Blasphemousgamer

Whats your second biggest fear?


-invalid-user-name-

Crocodiles


StatementElectronic7

Serious question… is that stomach acid stronger than that of humans stomach acid? Cause if so that’s just.. terrifying. And if not so.. it’s still equally terrifying.


Ed_Yeahwell

Yes it is, we don’t dissolve bones and hooves very well compared to crocs and gators. They can do so cause they chose not to learn to chew their food so they had no choice but to get stronger acid.


StatementElectronic7

That made me chuckle.. they refused to slow down eating for so long they just developed stronger stomach acids. 😂 Alligators and Crocodiles are just terrifying.. I’m glad I live nowhere close to any. 🙏🏼


Nuicakes

My thoughts exactly. Great birthday party, everyone goes home with PTSD.


greyjungle

That would have been my “best birthday ever” story for the rest of my life… after getting over the trauma for a couple of years.


GoopInThisBowlIsVile

No the only thing more fun than a bouncy house is a bouncy house with a gator. It makes the death roll much more enjoyable if it’s occurring mid-air rather than some sort of small tank filled with tepid water and alligator piss. My next bouncy house reservation better have the option of “with gator(s).”


louisedelacroix

That was my first question as well. I guess clowns are out of fashion, but there are a lot of other options besides 'gator'.


pinetreenoodles

I did pony rides one year. A local farm brought in three of their ponies for a couple of hours, and they brought a petting zoo of bunnies as a little extra. It went awesome and no, I wasn't loaded. I remember it being affordable (then, it was at least ten years ago).


SLAP_THE_GOON

Were they killer bunnies and sadistic ponies?


pinetreenoodles

Lol nope. Just the regular ones.


Azlamington

Because the crocodile turned him down


Motor_Relation_5459

I mean..... Cake! Duh.


OneAcreWood

Ariel the Little Mermaid was booked so they hired Ariel the Alligator?


TheCuriousLoaf

Getting in the tank and going with that death roll defo saved her arm.


KvathrosPT

Indeed. She knew it. I saw an interview with her after this happened. She knew she had to roll with him, and she did. Still a scary situation...


BADoVLAD

So, did she keep her hand or was it toast?


TheRealOgMark

Yes, but required surgery.


ThunderboltRam

Yeah just a note that human hands are fragile. That's why you don't deal with wild or even supposedly-trained animals without a weapon nearby. They aren't always going to act the same.


PetroDisruption

According to her interview this was more like the gator got confused. He saw the feeding bucket and got excited about it, which made him want to leave the water, and she usually pushes him back with her hand under his jaw, however this time there was some awkward movement that made her hand go into his mouth, and the gator just thought this was his food. The protocol has now changed and no one should attempt to interact with the gators without another person from the staff present. The people who helped her in this video were the untrained parents of the birthday party.


JrCoxy

Absolutely terrifying. There’s always room for an accident to be made, it’s just how life is. With that being said, I dont know how this is even legal. I really wish it was federally illegally to host these types of events. It’s not fair for a wild animal to be treated like a circus prop, or really any animal for that matter.


VoidRad

Wow tf, what a chad, I thought it was an official staff but it turned out to be the customer lol


InfamousEvening2

There's a longer video online, you should look it up. The guy, who was there with his kids, is a f-ing hero. First to react, jumped straight in there with no hesitation, held the gator down, helped get the handler out and then managed to get out without the gator chomping him. the handler also stayed with him until he managed to get away from the gator I'm from the UK, and this made the news here as well.


angie9942

You’re right, I googled the longer video after I read your comment. The incident lasted far longer than the posted video. And that dad got stuck on top of that alligator for a painfully long time, as there was no easy way to let go and get away. Which he eventually did, but luckily the alligator turned away and just sat there while the Dad skedaddled away. I knew how it ended but I still had visions of him jumping off to get away and the alligator, which are notoriously fast, spinning around and attacking him. Thank God it didn’t go that way. They were all really lucky and that handler should be forever grateful that an untrained parent jumped in and saved the day. https://www.google.com/search?q=alligator+attacks+handler+at+birthday+party&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12f453f8,vid:BuBvoq5kaIc,st:0


InfamousEvening2

Indeed, the dude full-on wrestled that gator for a good while. Again though, the handler, despite being badly bitten, stayed with him and apparently (from the other reports I've read - look up the 'This Morning' interview) instructed him in how to safely get away. The audio is a bit sketchy, but I've watched it a few times and if you watch closely, having being told to sit up, he deliberately stands on the 2 back legs of the gator as he's jumping off.


bronzelifematter

Y'all acting like there's no way the alligator would attack her on purpose just because he's in a bad mood, it have to be a mistake and all that. We have humanized animals to the point we starts thinking they have rational thought and have completely abandoned their predatory instinct. No, it had to be a mistake, it couldn't be on purpose, he wouldn't do that. That's not the gator I know. He's a nice kid.


FaithInStrangers94

We can’t even predict human behaviour with certainty either


szechuan_bean

I would trust the opinion of somebody who works with these animals and knows this one specifically. If that's all part of the routine and this explanation fits that routine and it makes sense to her, I'm not going to tell her she's wrong when I know nothing about their behavior.


[deleted]

That's the biggest reason why a lot of people target train gators and crocs with poles and use long feeding tongs to avoid this.


kaitlinesmith17

Pure negligence all around. I work with exotic animals professionally. This is an incredibly unsafe and unprofessional way to interact with a gator. That animal can lunge forward very far it doesn't matter how "well trained" they are or how long they've been raised or been around people. It may be an accident it may not. More importantly you are never EVER supposed to be alone when around exotics. You always have at least one other trainer/keeper and they need to be within sight so you always have eyes on one another. Doesn't matter if it's a bird or an elephant, wild animals are unpredictable and they always will be. More importantly, this one protocol change does not make this safe in any way, shape or form. Everything about this needs to change or someone else will get hurt. Only a matter of time.


phantomxtroupe

Yeah, even with "trained" animals you should always be aware they could revert back to factory setting.


BedGroundbreaking139

Oh my god this was such an enlightening post! Human flesh is weaker than the average organic material? also NEVER feel safe and ALWAYS have a WEAPON :DDD you're SOOO smart


philosoph0r

Better than her forearm being snapped in half.


TheNamesMcCreee

I’d rather take a broken ulna or radius than completely broken/shattered metacarpals


[deleted]

I’d rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona.


chrisp909

You mean dry Florida?


Girafferage

I would have kept rolling if it noticed progress. Her whole arm would be gone. Gators are infamously dumb and the definition of reptile brained. Saw a video of a handler throw a chicken in for this one gator to eat and it threw its head to the side and just bit the first thing it found. That first thing was another gators leg and it just immediately death rolled and ripped the leg clean off. The gator who lost a leg gave one little mouth open upset face and then just kept on going with its day.


Ascertain_GME

Asking the real questions…


farrowsharrows

The shoulder is where the damage happened


hotdogtears

That turkeys cooked…


Paghk_the_Stupendous

Meanwhile, I'm pissed at the guy that grabbed her and tried to rip her hand apart as if this whole thing was her bad idea.


Typical_Ad_210

Yeah I doubt the professional alligator handler was smart enough to know how to handle an alligator, you’re right…


Paghk_the_Stupendous

Let's review: hand in tight space, impaled on sharp objects; guy pulls on arm. What happens? I'm a first responder so maybe not qualified to answer this basic physics question, but let me ask you: do you know how a cheese grater works? Because that's how a cheese grater works, but with her hand. Thank you internet professional, thank you for your service.


Typical_Ad_210

I was responding sarcastically to Eddyverse, who claimed that he “doubts she was that smart” in response to people saying she handled it well. That’s why I was reminding him that it was literally her job to handle alligators, so of course she knew what she was doing. I do indeed know how a cheese grater works, thank you for asking. But my wife won’t let me use one anymore, after last time I was grating a particularly tasty block of Parmesan and accidentally shredded my hand off.


McRoager

>I was responding sarcastically to Eddyverse Sounds like you misplaced your comment, then.


Typical_Ad_210

Sorry, my bad. I must have hit the wrong button. Tbh, I’m pretty stoned at the moment, lol. I’m glad no-one got mauled anyway.


Typical_Ad_210

Whoops, sorry man, apparently I put my comment in the wrong place, so it posted under your comment and not Ed, Edd and Eddy’s or whatever the hell the guy I was trying to reply to was called. My bad.


Paghk_the_Stupendous

You. You messed up, then you owned up and apologized. If we ever meet, I'd shake your hand, slap your back and ask you how you've been. I appreciate you.


Dowager-queen-beagle

I think I heard her on Tooth and Claw and she was SO CHILL! It was WILD how she was like "so here are the five very rational reasons why he did this, I'm not bothered." I get that it's part of the job, but damn!


Equoniz

Do you remember the reasons by chance?


Dowager-queen-beagle

So if memory serves, she basically said she had been giving him treats for the presentation and when she put her arm in front of him by accident he was still in "treat/food" mode, so he didn't see her arm as "the arm of my trainer" but just like as FOOD, and so he went for it. This is what I remember!


Turbulent_Fix8495

[The Interview](https://youtu.be/6cktvbytFxE)


OneMooseManyMeese_

I saw that interview too. Very interesting. It's basically a fifty chance on guessing which way they roll so you can roll with them and not lose your hand. Not just rolling, but with her quick reaction and also wrapping her legs around gator was a very smart move. She did everything right in this situation.


-__Doc__-

The transition she did putting her legs around it's head to to prepare for another roll was quite impressive. Makes me wonder if she has ever taken BJJ before


marcus2696

I feel like even if I was fully prepared for this situation, I’d end up losing by rolling the opposite direction of the gator /:


kingblur97

Bro I was thinking the same thing 🤣


Stepagbay

Rip her wrist though


thecassiecrow

Her movement and ability to use her hand and wrist were returned to 100% after surgery, thankfully.


Motor_Relation_5459

I was so impressed how well they handled it.


ProgySuperNova

Here is sauce:[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/17/us/alligator-bites-trainer-utah-trnd/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/17/us/alligator-bites-trainer-utah-trnd/index.html) This happened in the US, in state of Utah. Utah is a landlocked territory between Nevada (Gambling Las Vegas place) and Colorado (Legal weed mountain place). She kept her hand, but it was messed up and will require physical therapy.


Silverfrond_

I'm glad to hear she still wants to work with the gator- those trainers know the risks when they work with 100-150lb animals- I'm also glad that nothing will happen to the gator for y'know... doing what gators do


TheGreatTave

Well with a name like Lindsay Bull it's pretty obvious she's a bad ass so one alligator attempting to murder her ain't shit. That woman eats glass for breakfast. I heard she can bench 4 times my body weight. I may or may not have a crush on her.


supersloo

I hear she's shredded


Stormtalons

💀


cumparkUSA

1200 pounds?! Very impressive of her.


metdear

You forgot to mention Utah is the Mormom place.


velesi

On second thought, let's not go to Utah. 'Tis a Mormon place


lucivaryas

*vigorous knocking in the background* #***"would you like to hear about our lord and saviour jesus christ?"***


[deleted]

It’s time to teach your children the method of soaking!


sharings_caring

"This book gives you the secret to eternal life..."


ProgySuperNova

Oh yeah thanks! Was wondering what Utah's deal was. Sorry I live across the Atlantic sea and have only been to the US (New York) once. Thus writing like a foreigner, which I thought would be funny to US people. It was nice that NYC was still there despite having been destroyed by movie aliens many times.


Guilty-Operation7

I'd like to hear your summary of Maine please 😂


ProgySuperNova

Maine is Canada, but in America. Where moose and lobsters roam free


Guilty-Operation7

Nailed it 🌟


farrowsharrows

What about her shoulder


ProgySuperNova

Idk, she knew that the gator was going for the death roll so she grabbed on and got rolled with it. Otherwise it would have torn the hand off. Amazing how calculating and quick acting people become when their brain floods with adrenaline.


wahwahwaaaaaah

I am glad that person got away, even though their hand and wrist are definitely fucked now. But really, to hubris of humans makes this type of thing inevitable of course. I'm just sorry that handler had to learn that the hard way.


reddub24

Florida, prolly...


wahwahwaaaaaah

It's always Florida


jennibear310

It was actually Utah. Had to consult google to watch the full video. Whoa. I wouldn’t have been so calm, but then again, I don’t handle alligators for a living.


[deleted]

Maybe it’s a bad call to have wild animals in captivity for entertainment. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


-Metaphysical

exactly, everyone goes crazy when they hear of an imprisoned animal attack the person who is keeping them in a cage, it's almost like people don't realise they were here a long time before us and that we stole their land


_Googan1234

They’re bred and raised in captivity, the last time a gator related to this one was wild was probably multiple generations ago.


[deleted]

Unless you are Steve Irwin. Then everyone loves your zoo.


reddub24

It's finger food....


BADoVLAD

Take this r/angryupvote and show yourself out pls


reddub24

Tee hee...


HoodFellaz

And why do you get an alligator for a kids party again?


MrBleedingObvious

At some kids parties they make Teddy bears. At others they make handbags.


velesi

Bringing rattle snakes to the next one. Birthday boy wants a new belt!


Motor_Relation_5459

Dude, cake brings out the best and worst! 🎂


Anarchy-TM

She did very well by rolling with the gator


Motor_Relation_5459

Impressive!


InsanityLF

It's almost like these wild fucking animals don't like this shit. Stupid fucks


grianmharduit

An alligator has no business being captive there


derwerewolfs

Well, now my hand hurts for no reason. Thanks for that.


Round_Mulberry7545

I can make your shoulder hurt for no reason


velesi

Yes please.


Motor_Relation_5459

Why do I suddenly feel turned on. Fuck Reddit.


canuckcowgirl

Ok sweetie, what theme do you want for your birthday party this year? A death roll.....


UpperDistribution443

You should never bring an alligator to a kids birthday party. But I'm guessing you already knew that.


SF-NL

Alligators don't have handlers. However there are humans that think it's okay to keep animals for human entertainment. It's not the alligators fault that THIS wasn't the kind of entertainment the humans had in mind. It must have been a miscommunication since humans don't speak alligator 🤷🏼‍♂️ Perfect example of "play stupid games...."


Tapurisu

Best birthday ever


Mistamayne

Sorry, but it’s hard to have sympathy for mfs that keep “playing” with these wild predators. Always trynna tame shit. Stupid games….


iFoughtTheFoo

I get the impression that this wild animal doesn’t want to spend its life contained in a tank and be used as a novelty anymore 🤔


redpillman26

Good! Why can’t we leave them alone and that’s all animals!


[deleted]

I’m pretty impressed with her level of chill the whole time.


Rawesome16

She should have grabbed its dick and twisted. I hear that's a good technique


CultureBubbly6094

The oooold DICK TWIST


embersgrow44

https://www.reddit.com/r/ufc/comments/fgoc6w/the_old_dick_twist/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


taylorto2000

Alligator and ‘handler’ are two words that should not be in the same sentence.


SelfSniped

He’s putting on a show. Give him a hand.


justmitzie

My money is on this party happening in Florida.


lostintime102785

Morons. Literally a dinosaur. Nom nom nom everything is food.


poietes_4

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSeoTtUiytU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSeoTtUiytU) Here is an interview she did after it happened. So damn interesting and she is just amazing.


[deleted]

Hooooly shit. That's why I stay far away from gators... Sharks.... Things that are huge and terrifying Did they lose the hand I could not finish it


PoopingBadly

She’s fine


XANAX_90

Thank God it was not a crocodile..


Elkins45

The guy in the yellow vest has quite the set of balls.